The oxidation of alcohols with picolinate metal complex as catalyst

Abstract

The oxidation of alcoholic functionalities is still important both an academic and industrial point of view. The study focused on the development of a catalytic system based on picolinate metal complex to improve the oxidation under mild condition with TBHP. Under these conditions, secondary alcohols were converted smoothly to the corresponding carbonyl compound in high yield with good selectivity. The oxidation of 1-phenyl ethanol was explored to acetophenone with 85.19 % yield in 5 hours. Additionally, the study focused on the oxidation of 2-phenyl alcohol afforded the corresponding aldehyde yield without carboxylic acid.

Keywords: picolinate; oxidation; alcohol