Benzyl Alcohol → Benzaldehyde

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To a mixture of 0.1 millimole of Ru(PPh3)3Cl2 [dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)], 0.1 millimole of hydroquinone, 0.03 millimole of potassium carbonate and 6 ml of trifluoromethylbenzene was added 1 millimole of benzyl alcohol, and the resultant mixture was stirred under oxygen atmosphere (1 atm) at 50° C. for 15 hours. The products were subjected to chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=10/1) for the isolation to give benzaldehyde in a conversion rate of benzyl alcohol of 80% (yield 80%).

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