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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 15
(2010) pp 115-116
Oxidation of Vanillyl Alcohol to Vanillin using TEMPO
Elise Zablowsky, Patrick Gordon, Christine H. Jaworek-Lopes*
Emmanuel College, 400
The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, jaworek@emmanuel.edu
Received September
1, 2009. Accepted November 8,
2009
Published: 17 Feburary 2010
Abstract. An organic chemistry laboratory for the oxidation of vanillyl alcohol to vanillin using TEMPO as an oxidant has been developed. The vanillyl alcohol starting material is prepared by reduction of vanillin using NaBH4 by the students in a prior laboratory. This laboratory experiment in addition to recycling materials reinforces techniques such as acid-base extraction, recrystallization, melting point, TLC and spectroscopic analyses (IR and NMR).
Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; organic chemistry; oxidation; vanillyl alcohol; TEMPO
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: jaworek@emmanuel.edu)
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Supporting Materials:
The laboratory handout, data sheet, IR spectra, and a proposed mechanism for the oxidation of vanillyl alcohol by TEMPO are available (488 KB)
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