title: Selective oxidations of activated alcohols in water at room temperature.
abstract: Allylic and benzylic alcohols can be selectively oxidized to their corresponding aldehydes or ketones in water containing nanoreactors composed of the designer surfactant TPGS-750-M. The oxidation relies on catalytic amounts of CuBr, bpy, and TEMPO, with N-methyl-imidazole; air is the stoichiometric oxidant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. lipshutz@chem.ucsb.edu.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lipshutz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hageman
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fennewald
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Linstadt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slack
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voigtritter