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2-Propanol or 1-propanol in acetonitrile, when exposed to air and irradiated with a tungsten lamp in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper(ii) acetate and hydroquinone, are oxidized to give acetone or propanal, respectively.
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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1147–1149, June, 1994.
We express our gratitude to the administration of the University of Neuchfitel (Switzerland) for having provided the possibility and means to complete this work. We also thank Dr. S. Claude, Mr. A. Béguin, and Mr. G. Meister of the same University for their assistance in the experiments.
The financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 93-03-5226) and the International Science Foundation (Grant MMS 000) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Süss-Fink, G., Shul'pin, G.B. The oxidation of alkanols with air oxygen in the catalytic system copper(ii) acetate—hydroquinone promoted by visible light. Russ Chem Bull 43, 1085–1086 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01558088
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