title: Oxidation using activated carbon and molecular oxygen system.
abstract: This paper describes the utility of an activated carbon-molecular oxygen system, not only in the oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols, but also in the direct carbonylation at the benzylic position. The preparation of a variety of heteroaromatic and aromatic compounds, including substituted pyridines, pyrazoles, benzoxazoles, benzimidazoles, benzothiazoles, 2-substituted imidazoles, indoles, pyrimidin-2(1H)-ones, and anthracenes, by oxidative aromatization using the activated carbon-molecular oxygen system is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. mhayashi@kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi