ChemInform Abstract: Fast and Selective Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Aldehydes or to Carboxylic Acids and of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Mediated by Oxoammonium Salts Under Two‐Phase Conditions.

Abstract The primary alcohols (I) are converted to the aldehydes (II) by treatment with sodium hypochlorite in the presence of a piperidine‐1‐oxyl radical.