1. ChemInform Abstract: A Safe and Efficient Flow Oxidation of Aldehydes with O2
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Aurelien Percheron, Asma Aloui, Claude de Bellefon, Régis Philippe, Laurent Vanoye, Alain Favre-Réguillon, and Mertxe Pablos
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Flow (mathematics) ,Continuous flow ,Chemistry ,Alcohol oxidation ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Organic chemistry ,General Medicine ,Oxygen ,Flow process ,Catalysis - Abstract
A safe, straightforward, and atom economic approach for the oxidation of aliphatic aldehydes to the corresponding carboxylic acids within a continuous flow reactor is reported. Typically, the reaction is performed at room temperature using 5 bar of oxygen in PFA tubing and does require neither additional catalysts nor radical initiators except for those already contained in the starting materials. In some cases, a catalytic amount of a Mn(II) catalyst is added. Such a flow process may prove to be a valuable alternative to traditionally catalyzed aerobic processes.
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- 2014
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