Volume 32, Issue 37
Preparative Organic Chemistry
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ChemInform Abstract: A Novel Catalytic Role of Molecular Iodine in the Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols: Microwave-Assisted Reaction.

Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Dep. Mol. Pathol., M. D. Anderson Cancer Cent., Univ. Tex., Houston, TX 77030, USA

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Frederick F. Becker

Frederick F. Becker

Dep. Mol. Pathol., M. D. Anderson Cancer Cent., Univ. Tex., Houston, TX 77030, USA

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Bimal K. Banik

Bimal K. Banik

Dep. Mol. Pathol., M. D. Anderson Cancer Cent., Univ. Tex., Houston, TX 77030, USA

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First published: 24 May 2010

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A simple molecular iodine catalyzed oxidation method for the rapid synthesis of various polycyclic aromatic ketones under microwave irradiation is described. The catalytic role of iodine is investigated.

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