The oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids is an important oxidation reaction in organic chemistry.
When a primary alcohol is converted to a carboxylic acid, the terminal carbon atom increases its oxidation state by four. Oxidants able to perform this operation in complex organic molecules, featuring other oxidation-sensitive functional groups, must possess substantial selectivity. The most common oxidants are potassium permanganate (KMnO4), Jones reagent, PDC in DMF, Heyns oxidation, ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) and TEMPO.
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