Efficient and eco-compatible transition metal-free Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols

Jorge Ballester (1) , Anne-Marie Caminade (2) , Jean Pierre Majoral (2) , Marc Taillefer (1) , Armelle Ouali (2)

1 ICGM ICMMM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier
2 LCC - Laboratoire de chimie de coordination

Catalytic amounts of cheap, non-toxic, easy-to-handle and non-sensitive sodium tert-butoxide are able to promote the dehydrogenative oxidation of a wide array of secondary alcohols using inexpensive benzophenone as the H-acceptor. The corresponding ketones, highly important intermediates and targets throughout life and material sciences, are very selectively obtained under mild conditions

Mots clés: Ketone; Sodium tert-butoxide; Catalysis; Oxidation; Alcohol; Oppenauer

Domaines: Chemo-informatique

Jorge Ballester, Anne-Marie Caminade, Jean Pierre Majoral, Marc Taillefer, Armelle Ouali. Efficient and eco-compatible transition metal-free Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols. Catalysis Communications, 2014, 47, pp.58-62. ⟨10.1016/j.catcom.2013.12.030⟩. ⟨hal-01015700⟩