Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water
Abstract
Alcohol oxidations are typically performed with stoichiometric reagents that generate heavy-metal waste and are usually run in chlorinated solvents. A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system. The use of water as a solvent and air as the oxidant makes the reaction interesting from both an economic and environmental point of view.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.287.5458.1636
- Bibcode:
- 2000Sci...287.1636T
- Keywords:
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- CHEMISTRY