A chemoselective aerobic oxidation of benzylic azides catalyzed by molybdenum xanthate in an aqueous medium

Maddani, Mahagundappa and Prabhu, Kandikere Ramaiah (2008) A chemoselective aerobic oxidation of benzylic azides catalyzed by molybdenum xanthate in an aqueous medium. In: Tetrahedron Letters, 49 (29-30). pp. 4526-4530.

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Abstract

A mild molybdenum-catalyzed, aerobic, chemoselective oxidation of benzylic azides to the corresponding aldehydes in an aqueous medium that tolerates a variety of functional groups including alcohols, esters,ketones, halides and olefins is described.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Tetrahedron Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Keywords:	Benzyl azides;Molybdenum;Redox reactions;Aerobic oxidations;Chemoselectivity;Green chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15332

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