Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation

noun

Etymology

First reported by J. Moffatt and his student K. Pfitzner in 1963.

Definitions

  1. The oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols by dimethyl sulfoxide activated with a…

    The oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols by dimethyl sulfoxide activated with a carbodiimide such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.

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