A biphasic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones using a simplified packed- bed microreactor

• Andrew Bogdan and
• D. Tyler McQuade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 17, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.17

• characterization of a simplified packed-bed microreactor using an immobilized TEMPO catalyst shown to oxidize primary and secondary alcohols via the biphasic Anelli-Montanari protocol. Oxidations occurred in high yields with great stability over time. We observed that plugs of aqueous oxidant and organic alcohol

• 100 trials without showing any loss of catalytic activity. Keywords: alcohol oxidation; flow chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; microreactors; TEMPO; Introduction Microreactors have gained attention because they can help run chemical transformations more efficiently, more selectively, and with a

• leaching nor the need for catalyst regeneration [22]. Nitroxyl radicals, such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO), immobilized on silicates [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32], fluorous supports [33], soluble and insoluble polymers [22][34][35][36], magnetic nanoparticles [37], and ionic