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Synfacts 2009(6): 0696-0696  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216751
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Ru/Ni(OH)2-Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation under Oxygen Flow

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada, Elisabetta Greco
S. Venkatesan, A. S. Kumar, J.-F. Lee, T.-S. Chan, J.-M. Zen*
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan and VIT University, Vellore, India
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25 May 2009 (online)

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Aerobic oxidation of alcohols with Ru/Ni(OH)2 was reported. Thus, the reaction of ­alcohols 1a-j was performed with Ru/Ni(OH)2 under oxygen flow to give the corresponding aldehydes or ketones 2a-j (up to >99% conversion with >99% selectivity; 21 examples) with up to 132 h-¹ of TOF. The catalyst was reused four times with slight loss of catalytic activity (˜20% loss in the conversion after the 5th cycle).