Selective oxidation process with enhanced safety
AssigneeWyeth
InventorsUgo Chiacchio, Antonio Rescifina, Giuseppe Miraglia, Mariangela Magnano, Paola Di Raimondo
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Abstract
A safe and effective process for the oxidation of a primary or secondary alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde or ketone via the reaction of said alcohol with an anhydride solution of a 1,1,1-tri(C2-C4 alkanoyloxy-1,1 -dihydro-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one, and a composition useful in this process.
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A process for the selective oxidation of a primary or secondary alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde or ketone which comprises reacting said alcohol with a solution containing an anhydride of the formula (RCO)2O and a trialkanoyl periodinane compound of formula I
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- wherein R is C2-C4 alkyl.
A composition which comprises a solution of an anhydride of the formula (RCO)2O and a trialkanoyl periodinane compound of formula I
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- wherein R is C2-C4 alkyl, dissolved in a suitable solvent.
A process for the selective oxidation of a primary or secondary alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde or ketone which comprises reacting said alcohol with a solution containing an anhydride of the formula (RCO)2O and a trialkanoyl periodinane compound of formula I.
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- wherein R is C2-C4 alkyl, dissolved in a suitable solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.