Ruthenium hydride catalyzed direct oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids via transfer hydrogenation: Styrene oxide as oxygen source

Abstract

Direct oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids using styrene epoxide as oxidant in the presence of [RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3] complex as catalyst is reported. By this catalytic system, a variety of primary alcohols including substituted benzyl alcohols as well as linear ones were directly converted into carboxylic acids in good to excellent yields. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.