title: Productive utilization of chlorobenzene: palladium-catalyzed selective oxidation of alcohols.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The palladium/ligand-catalyzed activation of chlorobenzene provides a general, efficient, and functional group friendly method for the selective oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds.
authors.affiliation: Symyx Technologies, Inc., 3100 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, California 95051, USA. aguram@symyx.com
authors.forename: Anil S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Guram
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bei
authors.forename: Howard W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Turner