title: Chemoselective C-H oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds with iodosobenzene catalyzed by (salen)chromium complex
abstract: Primary and secondary alcohols with benzylically and allylically activated C-H bonds are chemoselectively oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compounds by the (salen)Cr(III) complex I as the catalyst and iodosobenzene as the oxygen source; the oxidizing species is the Cr(V) oxo complex. Allylic alcohols with fully substituted double bonds give appreciable amounts of epoxides besides the C-H oxidation products enones, while saturated alcohols are less readily oxidized.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Wurzburg, Germany. adam@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gelalcha
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Saha-Moller
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Stegmann