Synthesis 2006(12): 2043-2046  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-942396
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Trichloroisocyanuric Acid/KBr as a Catalytic System for the Chemoselective Oxidation of Benzylic and Secondary Alcohols

Mohammad Ali Zolfigol*a, Farhad Shirinib, Arash Ghorbani Choghamarania
a Chemistry Department, College of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Post Box No 4135, Hamadan 65174, Iran
Fax: +98(811)8272404; e-Mail: Zolfi@basu.ac.ir;
b Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran
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Received 11 October 2005
Publication Date:
11 May 2006 (online)

Abstract

Chemoselective oxidation of benzylic and secondary alcohols were proceeded by using a catalytic amount of KBr in the presence of trichloroisocyanuric acid and wet SiO2 under mild and heterogeneous conditions with excellent yields.