%0 Journal Article
%T NHC-catalysed highly selective aerobic oxidation of nonactivated aldehydes
%A Lennart M£¿hlmann
%A Stefan Ludwig
%A Siegfried Blechert
%J Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.3762/bjoc.9.65
%X This publication describes a highly selective oxidation of aldehydes to the corresponding acids or esters. The reaction proceeds under metal-free conditions by using N-heterocyclic carbenes as organocatalysts in combination with environmentally friendly oxygen as the terminal oxidation agent.
%K aerobic oxidation
%K chemoselective oxidation
%K metal-free oxidation
%K N-heterocyclic carbene
%K organocatalysis
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.65