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• TITLE: La2O3 Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols

  AUTHORS: Ravikumar R. Gowda, Debashis Chakraborty

  KEYWORDS: Oxidation, Alcohol, Carboxylic Acid, La2O3, t-BuOOH

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol.1 No.2, May 5, 2011

  ABSTRACT: A variety of aromatic, aliphatic and conjugated alcohols were transformed to the corresponding carboxylic acids and ketones with a quantitative conversion in high yields with 70% t-BuOOH solution is water in the presence of catalytic amounts of La2O3. This method possesses a wide range of capabilities since it can be used with other functional groups which may not tolerate oxidative conditions, involves fairly simple method for work-up, exhibits chemoselectivity and proceeds under ambient conditions. The resulting products are obtained in good yields within reasonable time.