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OPPENAUER OXIDATION: A GENTLE METHOD FOR OXIDIZING SECONDARY ALCOHOLS

May 7, 2023 / By

If you are looking for a way to convert secondary alcohols to ketones without affecting other sensitive functional groups, you might want to consider the Oppenauer oxidation. This is a classic organic reaction that was discovered by Rupert Viktor Oppenauer in 1912. In this blog post, I will explain what the Oppenauer oxidation is, how it works, …

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MEERWEIN-PONNDORF-VERLEY REDUCTION: REDUCTION OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES TO ALCOHOLS

August 5, 2023 / By

The reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the primary and secondary alcohols represents important synthetic transformations. One of the most chemoselective and mild reactions for these types of reductions is the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reductions. It is the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols using aluminum alkoxide (usually aluminum isopropoxide) in the presence …

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