SHORTPAPER	Synthesis 2004: 1739-1740   DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829163
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Microwave-Promoted Selective Regeneration of Carbonyl Compounds from Oximes Using N-Bromosaccharin
Ardeshir Khazaei*, Abbas Amini Manesh
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, P. O. Box 65178-4111, Hamadan, Iran e-Mail: a_khazaei@basu.ac.ir;
Received 23 February 2004

Abstract

N-bromosaccharin was found to be an efficient reagent for the oxidative cleavage of oximes to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones under microwave irradiation in a domestic microwave oven.

Keywords

aldoxime - ketoxime - microwave - N-bromosaccharin