p-Fluorobenzaldehyde and p-fluorobenzoic acid by oxidation of p-fluorobenzyl derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(97)00105-X

Experiments on the oxidation reactions of p-fluorobenzyl alcohol and chloride were carried out. Several oxidizing agents (manganese dioxide, 30% hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorite solutions at different concentrations) were used, and a mixture of p-fluorobenzaldehyde and p-fluorobenzoic acid in different proportions was obtained. In the case of p-fluorobenzyl chloride, some p-fluorobenzyl alcohol was also found in the reaction mixture. The experimental conditions required to obtain an increase in the yield of the aldehyde or acid were also studied.