LETTER	Synlett 2007: 1118-1120   DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973903
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Facile and Selective Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols to Their Corresponding Carbonyl Compounds with Sodium Nitrate in the Presence of Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids
Abdol R. Hajipour*a,b, F. Rafieea, A. E. Ruohob
a Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156, Iran b Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1532, USA e-Mail: haji@cc.iut.ac.ir;
Received 2 January 2007

Abstract

A chemoselective and effective procedure for the conversion of benzylic and allylic alcohols into the corresponding ­carbonyl compounds using sodium nitrate-3-methylimidazolinium hydrogensulfate is reported.

Key words

Brønsted acidic ionic liquids - oxidation - alcohols - aldehydes - ketones