title: Lewis acid-activated oxidation of alcohols by permanganate.
abstract: The oxidation of alcohols by KMnO(4) is greatly accelerated by various Lewis acids. Notably the rate is increased by 4 orders of magnitude in the presence of Ca(2+). The mechanisms of the oxidation of CH(3)OH and PhCH(OH)CH(3) by MnO(4)(-) and BF(3)·MnO(4)(-) have also been studied computationally by the DFT method.
authors: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
authors: Hongxia
authors: H
authors: Du
authors: Po-Kam
authors: PK
authors: Lo
authors: Zongmin
authors: Z
authors: Hu
authors: Haojun
authors: H
authors: Liang
authors: Kai-Chung
authors: KC
authors: Lau
authors: Yi-Ning
authors: YN
authors: Wang
authors: William W Y
authors: WW
authors: Lam
authors: Tai-Chu
authors: TC
authors: Lau