A green approach for aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols catalysed by Cu<sup>I</sup>–Y zeolite/TEMPO in ethanol without additional additives
Samuthirarajan Senthilkumar, Wei Zhong, Mookan Natarajan, Chunxin Lü, Binyu Xu, Xiaoming Liu
Abstract
Cu<sup>I</sup>–Y zeolite catalysts, which are robust and recyclable, assisted by TEMPO catalyses quantitatively the aerobic oxidation of a wide range of benzylic alcohols into aldehydes in ethanol under mild conditions without additional additives.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryZeoliteCatalysisEthanolAlcohol oxidationOrganic chemistryOxidation processMedicinal chemistryChemical engineeringEngineeringOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions