@article{2928866,
    title = "Efficient Chemoselective Oxidation of Phenylmethanols to Aldehydes with Iodosobenzene",
    author = "Patrina Paraskevopoulou and Eleftheria Petalidou and Nikos Psaroudakis and Pericles Stavropoulos and Konstantinos Mertis",
    journal = "Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly",
    year = "2005",
    volume = "136",
    number = "12",
    pages = "2035--2039",
    publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
    doi = "10.1007/s00706-005-0364-1",
    keywords = "alcohols; chemoselectivity; hypervalent compounds; iodine; oxidations",
    abstract = "Primary phenylmethanols are selectively and efficiently oxidized to the
corresponding aldehydes by the system
C(6)H(5)IO/(C(6)H(5))(4)PBr/CH(2)Cl(2), T = 298K under aerobic
conditions. The use of the relatively stable iodosobenzene, an
iodine(III) compound, in place of the usually employed and potentially
explosive iodine(V) reagents, the easy work-up procedure, and the facile
recycling of solvent and oxidant provides a convenient and
environmentally benign oxidation method."
}