Abstract
An excellent method for the chemoselective oxidation of alcohols to ketones with C6H5IO catalyzed by (salen) manganese/4 Å MS in CH3CN has been devised. The reported procedure is fast, simple, and the yields are excellent (>95%) in most cases.
Acknowledgment
The authors warmly thank Korea Science and Engineering Foundation for the financial support (R01-2001-00057). G. Borisova has been supported by the fund from KISTEP.