Metal-Free Aerobic Alcohol Oxidations under Aqueous Micellar Conditions
A metal-free oxidation of mainly secondary and some primary alcohols to their carbonyl derivatives is reported, taking place under aqueous micellar conditions using oxygen as the terminal oxidant. This procedure takes advantage of the commercially available catalyst ABNO together with a co-catalyst salt (NaNO 2 ) in a recyclable and nonflammable aqueous medium. Oxidation of even complex alcohols, including pharmaceuticals and related intermediates, were achieved in high yields.
Authors
- Ludovic Gremaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-932X)
- Gongzhen Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5574-6083)
- Erfan Oftadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1170-8487)
- Bruce H. Lipshutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-7049)
- Emilie Buchs
- Kirubel Mamo
Institutions
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- University of California System (US)
- HES-SO Fribourg (CH)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Catalysis
- Published
- 2026-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c01324
- Primary Topic
- Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00