PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brink, Gerd-Jan ten
AU  - Arends, Isabel W. C. E.
AU  - Sheldon, Roger A.
TI  - Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water
AID  - 10.1126/science.287.5458.1636
DP  - 2000 Mar 03
TA  - Science
PG  - 1636--1639
VI  - 287
IP  - 5458
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/287/5458/1636.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/287/5458/1636.full
SO  - Science2000 Mar 03; 287
AB  - Alcohol oxidations are typically performed with stoichiometric reagents that generate heavy-metal waste and are usually run in chlorinated solvents. A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system. The use of water as a solvent and air as the oxidant makes the reaction interesting from both an economic and environmental point of view.