Diisopropoxyaluminium trifluoroacetate/4-nitrobenzaldehyde — a new oppenauer oxidation system for accelerated oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones

Abstract A practical, efficient and accelerated oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones has been achieved at rt in high yields by a modified Oppenauer oxidation system using diisopropoxyaluminium trifluoroacetate as catalyst and 4-nitrobenzaldehyde as a hydride acceptor.