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Title	Efficient and highly selective aqueous oxidation of alcohols and sulfides catalyzed byreusable hydrophobic copper (II) phthalocyanine
Type	Article
Keywords	Phthalocyanine Water Oxidation Peroxymonosulfate Alcohol Sulfide
Researchers	Abdolrerza Rezaeifard, Masoomeh Jafarpour, atena naeimi, mehri Salimi

Abstract

A practical innovative method for highly chemoselective oxidation of alcohols to the aldehyde and ketones and sulfides to the sulfones using tetra-n-butylammonium peroxomonosulfate (n-Bu4NHSO5) catalyzed by simple water-insoluble copper (II) phthalocyanine (CuPc) in neat water has been developed. Organic cosolvents, surfactants, co-catalyst and hydrophilic auxiliaries were completely missed in this heterogeneous catalytic strategy. The CuPc catalyst and by-product of oxidant (TBAHSO4) could easily be recycled and reused without loss of activity providing readily scalability.