title: Transition-metal-free: a highly efficient catalytic aerobic alcohol oxidation process.
abstract: A highly efficient catalytic system without transition metals has been developed for aerobic alcohol oxidations. Under the optimal reaction conditions, various alcohol substrates were converted into their corresponding carbonyl compounds by air with TEMPO/Br2/NaNO2 as catalyst, especially the oxidation of benzylic alcohols to benzaldehydes in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Renhua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xinmiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xinquan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu