benzyl alcohol 2 benzaldehyde

[magstirrer]

Any suggestions? Been UTFSE, but disappointlingly nothing specific was found... Google turns up some IBX-type oxidants, silica-supported dichromate/permanganate, CrO3... I am a bit stuck on this one. Benzyl alcohol is very cheap and available, the procedure need not be highly yielding... Would plain KMnO4 in solventless cold conditions do the job? Dichromate? MnO2? MnO2/H2SO4? KMnO4/H2SO4? All you knowledgeable bees are humbly asked for a little help on this one...

[aia2]

I think I remember finding a few threads about converting alcohols to aldehydes (maybe not benzaldehyde in particular but there should be plenty there).

Also, here are two useful articles from rhodium.ws:

DMSO Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols to Benzaldehydes

(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/benzaldehydes.dmso.html)

Silica Gel Supported Jones Reagent For Oxidation Of Benzyl Alcohols To Benzaldehydes

(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/alcohol2aldehyde.sjr.html)

[Organikum]

Your skills on using the FSE suck.

BzOH + HCl + H2O + calcium hypochlorite = benzaldehyde. Yields: 98%.

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and

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the first reference here answers your question.