The Beneficial Effect of Manganese Dioxide on the Oxidation of Organic Compounds by Potassium Permanganate

Shaabani, A.
Mirzaei, P.
Lee, D. G.

¹Department of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, P.O. Box 19839-4716, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Regina, SK, Canada S4S 0A2

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Catalysis Letters 97(4):p 119-123, September 2004.

Addition of MnO₂ accelerates the oxidation of alkyl arenes, sulfides and allylic alcohols by potassium permanganate under solvent free and heterogeneous conditions.