Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alcohols with Potassium Persulphate in the Presence of Brönsted Acidic Ionic Liquids

Abstract

Abstract An efficient conversion of alcohols to aldehydes was achieved using potassium persulphate and 3-methylimidazolinium methane sulfonate. Keywords: AlcoholsaldehydesBrönsted acidic ionic liquidoxidationpotassium persulphate ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are grateful to Amoly Organic (India) Ltd., Mumbai, for providing gift samples and the University Grant Commission for financial support. The authors are thankful to Dr. S. T. Gadade, principal, C. K. Thakur College, Navi Mumbai, for providing the laboratory and other facilities. Notes a Isolated yield after column chromatography and confirmed by IR and NMR spectra.