Iodine monochloride (ICl) as a highly efficient, green oxidant for the oxidation of alcohols to corresponding carbonyl compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397911.2015.1005630

Iodine monochloride (ICl) was discovered to be a highly efficient, green oxidant, which can oxidize aldose hemiacetals, diarylmethanols, arylalkylmethanols, anddialkylmethanols to the corresponding aldose lactones, diarylmethanones, arylalkylmethanones, and dialkylmethanones, respectively, in high yields. ICl as a green, metal-free oxidant is characterized by mild reaction condition, short reaction time, good yield, and broad scope.