{"title":"Electrochemical oxidation of sec-alcohols with MgBr2·6H2O","authors":"Kosuke Yamamoto , Takumi Inoue , Natsumi Hanazawa , Masami Kuriyama , Osamu Onomura","doi":"10.1016/j.tgchem.2023.100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tgchem.2023.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The electrochemical oxidation of <em>sec</em>-alcohols has been achieved using MgBr<sub>2</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O as an inexpensive active bromine source and electrolyte under constant current conditions. The reactions smoothly proceed in a simple undivided cell, and aliphatic/benzylic <em>sec</em>-alcohols bearing heteroaromatics as well as aryl and alkyl groups are successfully converted to the corresponding ketones in good to excellent yields. In addition, the present reaction conditions selectively transform a <em>secondary</em> hydroxy moiety over different classes of hydroxy groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101215,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron Green Chem","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49760892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}