I have used the above mentioned reagent with great ease to effect oxidation of benzyl alcohols to the corrsponding ketone. It requires a little clean up and DCM is the preferred solvent for reaction. Sigma-Aldrich has lots of good info RE:the reagent. Here is an enclosed link to a different site:http://www.csbsju.edu/chemistry/OrganicChemPages/cps4.html (http://www.csbsju.edu/chemistry/OrganicChemPages/cps4.html)