Issue 25, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Lewis acid-activated oxidation of alcohols by permanganate†

Hongxia Du,ab   Po-Kam Lo,b   Zongmin Hu,abc   Haojun Liang,*ac   Kai-Chung Lau,*b   Yi-Ning Wang,b   William W. Y. Lamb  and  Tai-Chu Lau*bc  

* Corresponding authors

a CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
E-mail: hjliang@ustc.edu.cn

b Department of Biology and Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China
E-mail: kaichung@cityu.edu.hk, bhtclau@cityu.edu.hk

c Advanced Laboratory of Environmental Research and Technology(ALERT), Joint Advanced Research Center, USTC-City U, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215124, P. R. China
Fax: +86 852 3442 0522

Abstract

The oxidation of alcohols by KMnO4 is greatly accelerated by various Lewis acids. Notably the rate is increased by 4 orders of magnitude in the presence of Ca2+. The mechanisms of the oxidation of CH3OH and PhCH(OH)CH3 by MnO4− and BF3·MnO4− have also been studied computationally by the DFT method.

Graphical abstract: Lewis acid-activated oxidation of alcohols by permanganate

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12024G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Apr 2011
Accepted
04 May 2011
First published
25 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 7143-7145

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Lewis acid-activated oxidation of alcohols by permanganate

H. Du, P. Lo, Z. Hu, H. Liang, K. Lau, Y. Wang, W. W. Y. Lam and T. Lau, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7143 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12024G

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