Synthesis 2007(16): 2491-2494  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-983809
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Oxidation of Unsaturated Primary Alcohols and ω-Haloalkanols with 4-Acetylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium Tetrafluoroborate

Jerzy Zakrzewski*a, Jacek Grodnera, James M. Bobbitt*b, Monika Karpińskaa
a Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, 6 Annopol, 03-236 Warsaw, Poland
b Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA
Fax: +48(22)8110799; e-Mail: zakrzewski@ipo.waw.pl; e-Mail: james.bobbitt@uconn.edu;
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Publication History

Received 29 January 2007
Publication Date:
24 July 2007 (online)

Abstract

Unsaturated primary alcohols and ω-haloalkanols, all applied in pheromone synthesis, are oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes using 4-acetylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxo­-ammonium tetrafluoroborate (1a). Three methods are compared with one another; oxidations with 1a and silica gel, oxidations with 1a in the presence of pyridine, and pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC).

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