Hydroquinone → 1-Decanol

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To a mixture of 0.2 millimole of Ru(PPh3)3Cl2 [dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)], 0.2 millimole of hydroquinone, 0.03 millimole of potassium carbonate and 6 ml of trifluoromethylbenzene was added 1 millimole of 1-decanol, and the resultant mixture was stirred under oxygen atmosphere (1 atm) at 60° C. for 20 hours. The products were subjected to chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=10/1) for the isolation to give 1-decanal in a conversion rate of 1-decanol of 90% (yield 90%).

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