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Oxidation of Activated Halides to Aldehydes and Ketones by N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide

William P. Griffith, Jenny M. Jolliffe, Steven V. Ley, Karsten F. Springhorn, Peter D. Tiffin

Synthetic Communications · 1992 · 47 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Abstract N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMO) in acetonitrile solution will oxidise activated primary halides to aldehydes and secondary halides to ketones in good yields at room temperature.

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