Oxidation with the H2O2-VO3--pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid reagent 2. Oxidation of alcohols and aromatic hydrocarbons

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00699924

Aromatic hydrocarbons are oxidized with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of catalytic amounts of VO3^- and pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid into phenols (provided excess hydrocarbon is used) or into quinones (at high H2O2 concentrations). 2-Propanol, ethanol, cyclohexanol, and benzyl alcohol are transformed into the corresponding aldehydes and ketones under the same conditions (without a solvent or in MeCN). - Key words: oxidation, hydrogen peroxide, vanadium complexes; aromatic hydrocarbons; alcohols.