Facile Aerobic Photooxidation of Alcohols in the Presence of Catalytic N-Bromosuccinimide

Abstract

Alcohols were found to be oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic acid in the presence of catalytic N-bromosuccinimide in an oxygen atmosphere.

Key words

aerobic - alcohols - N-bromosuccinimide - carboxylic acid - photooxidation

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We believe the effective wavelength of the light for this reaction to be 365 nm.

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Since purification of 2 was difficult due to the residue of the reaction mixture when using EtOAc as solvent, MeCN was exclusively used for subsequent studies.