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Reaction of Raney Nickel with Alcohols
Krafft, Marie E.,Crooks, William J.,Zorc, Branka,Milczanowski, Stephen E.
, p. 3158 - 3163 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of Raney nickel with a variety of functional groups was studied.Ethers, esters, and alkyl chlorides were found to be stable to Raney nickel in refluxing toluene; however, alcohols were found to be reactive.Primary alcohols were oxidized to aldehydes and the subsequently decarbonylated, secondary alcohols were oxidized to the corresponding ketone, and tertiary alcohols were deoxygenated.
