Chromium-Based Reagents -- Activated Dimethyl Sulfoxide -- Hypervalent Iodine Compounds -- Ruthenium-Based Oxidations -- Oxidations Mediated by TEMPO and Related Stable Nitroxide Radicals (Anelli Oxidation) -- Oxidations by Hydride Transfer from a Metallic Alkoxide -- Fétizon's Reagent: Silver Carbonate on Celite -- Selective Oxidations of Allylic and Benzylic Alcohols in the Presence of Saturated Ones -- Selective Oxidations of Primary Alcohols in the Presence of Secondary Ones -- Selective Oxidations of Secondary Alcohols in the Presence of Primary Ones
Summary
This book is a must for anyone involved in the preparation of organic compounds. It is the first one in a new series on basic reactions in organic synthesis. It provides plenty of detailed and useful information in the practical aspects of the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones, which is probably the most important reaction in the synthesis of organic compounds
