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Aldehydes were converted to carboxylic acids using sodium hypochlorite as oxidant in a single step, involving microwave assistance and without a metal catalyst in basic media. The use of microwave irradiation increased both conversion and yield due to an easier work-up and the reaction time was reduced. Two advantages of this oxidation are the relatively low cost and low pollution. This oxidative method has been applied to alcohols successfully.
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Why is it important?
The present oxidation procedure proved to be chemoselective at temperatures lower than 10 ºC for 8 h.
Perspectives
This method is fast, cheap and safe and we will apply it to other functional groups.
Maria Dolors Pujol
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This page is a summary of: Oxidation of Aldehydes and Alcohols to Carboxylic Acids Using NaClO Under Microwave Irradiation or Classical Heating Without a Catalyst, Letters in Organic Chemistry, May 2018, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1570178614666170710103947.
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