Question

selective oxidation of secondary alcohol in presence of primary alcohol​

Answer 1

Some standard alcohol oxidants that may not have been originally devised for selective oxidations are able, in favourable substrates, to oxidize secondary alcohols in the presence of primary ones.1 Thus, cases are known in which Corey-Kim oxidation,2 TFAA-activated DMSO,1b Collins reagent2 or PDC1b show a certain ...