RESEARCH ARTICLE

 

N,N'-dibromo-N,N'- 1,2-ethanediylbis(benzenesulphonamide) (BNBBS): A safe, neutral and efficient reagent for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to corresponding carbonyl compounds under mild conditions

 

 

Amin Rostami^I; Marjan Mahboubifar^II; Ardeshir Khazaei^{II, *}

^IDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
^IIFaculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, P.O. Box 65178-8683, Hamedan, Iran

 

 

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ABSTRACT

Efficient oxidation of various types of structurally diverse alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds can be carried out with N, N^,-dibromo-N, N^,-1,2-ethanediylbis(benzenesulphonamide) in good to high yield of products in CH₂Cl₂ at room temperature. Primary (aliphatic, benzylic and allylic) alcohols are oxidized with no over-oxidation to carboxylic acids.

Keywords: Oxidation, alcohols, carbonyl compounds, N, N^,-dibromo-N, N^,-1,2-ethanediylbis (benzenesulphonamide)

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the Bu-Ali Sina University and University of Kurdistan Research Councils for partial support of this work.

 

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Received 19 September 2007
Revised 31 October 2007
Accepted 23 November 2007

 

 

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