Abstract
Zirconyl chloride octahydrate-potassium permanganate is used for highly selective and efficient oxidation of primary and secondary benzylic alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds under mild condition. Over-oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids and damage to carbon–carbon double bond is not observed by this method.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to National Research Council of I.R. for grant No. 464 and Shiraz University Research Council for the partial support of this work.