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- Dijksman, A. (author) doctoral thesis 2001
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Dijksman, A. (author), Arends, I.W.C.E. (author), Sheldon, R.A. (author)The invention relates to a method of oxidizing an alcohol to form an aldehyde or ketone using a ruthenium ion and oxygen in the presence of a substantially stable N-O free radical compound, wherein two atoms bound to the nitrogen atom are not themselves hydrogen carriers. It has been found that with such a combination of a ruthenium ion and...patent 2000