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SUBMITTER: Pickl M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149797 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20171212 12
The oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl or carboxyl compounds represents a convenient strategy for the selective introduction of electrophilic carbon centres into carbohydrate-based starting materials. The O₂-dependent oxidation of <i>prim</i>-alcohols by flavin-containing alcohol oxidases often yields mixtures of aldehyde and carboxylic acid, which is due to "over-oxidation" of the aldehyde hydrate intermediate. In order to directly convert alcohols into carboxylic acids, ration ...[more]