A facile and quantitative preparation of carboxylic acids by a pyridinium chlorochromate
(PCC) catalyzed (2 mol%) oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes using 2.2 equivalents
and 1.1 equivalents of H5IO6, respectively, in acetonitrile is described here.
alcohols - aldehydes - oxidation - carboxylic acids - catalysis - pyridinium chlorochromate
(PCC) - periodic acid