The oxidation of a variety of primary and secondary alcohols including ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2- butanol, 1-hexanol, 1-heptanol, cyclopentanol, cyclohexanol, benzyl alcohol, 2-chlorobenzyl alcohol, 1-phenyl-1-ethanol, 1-phenyl-1-propanol and furfuryl alcohol with quinolinium chlorochromate has been studied. As a result of oxidation, each primary alcohol yielded an aldehyde and each secondary alcohol yielded a ketone in reasonable yields. The reagent appears to be more effective for oxidation of aromatic and alicyclic alcohols as compared to oxidation of aliphatic alcohols.


ABID RAFIQ AHMAD ,NASIM HASAN RAMA ,RASHID IQBAL ,