A New Polymer-Attached Reagent for the Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols.

A new, polymer-bound reagent system for the efficient oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones in the presence of a catalytic amount of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) is described. In most cases, workup of this heavy metal-free oxidation is achieved by simple filtration followed by removal of the solvent. In selected examples this reagent was compared with the known polymer-bound permanganate and chromium(VI) reagents.