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'''Oxidation with chromium(VI) complexes''' involves the conversion of alcohols to carbonyl compounds or more highly oxidized products through the action of molecular chromium(VI) oxides and salts.<ref name=OR>{{cite journal|author=Luzzio, F. A.|journal=[[Org. React.]]|title=The Oxidation of Alcohols by Modified Oxochromium(VI)–Amine Reagents|year=1998|volume=53|page=1|doi=10.1002/0471264180.or053.01|isbn=0471264180 }}</ref> The principal reagents are Collins reagent, PDC, and PCC. These reagents represent improvements over inorganic chromium(VI) reagents such as [[Jones reagent]].
==Inventory of Cr(VI)-pyridine and pyridinium reagents==
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The above reagents represent improvements over the [[Jones reagent]], a solution of [[chromium trioxide]] in aqueous [[sulfuric acid]].
==Mechanism and stereochemistry==
[[Chromate ester]]s are implicated in these reactions. The chromate ester decomposes to the aldehyde or carbonyl by transfer of an alpha proton. Large kinetic isotope effects are observed.<ref
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Oxidative annulation of alkenols to form six-membered rings may be accomplished with PCC. This process is postulated to occur via initial oxidation of the alcohol, attack of the alkene on the new carbonyl, then re-oxidation to a ketone. Double-bond isomerization may occur upon treatment with base as shown
An important process mediated by chromium(VI)-amines is the oxidative transposition of tertiary allylic alcohols to give enones.<ref>Luzzio, F. A.; Moore, W. J. ''J. Org. Chem.'', '''1993''', ''58'', 2966.</ref> The mechanism of this process likely depends on the acidity of the chromium reagent. Acidic reagents such as PCC may cause ionization and recombination of the chromate ester (path A), while the basic reagents (Collins) likely undergo direct allylic transposition via sigmatropic rearrangement (path B).
Oxidative cyclizations of olefinic alcohols to cyclic ethers may occur via [3+2], [2+2],<ref>Piccialli, V. ''Synthesis'' '''2007''', 2585.</ref> or [[epoxidation]] mechanisms. Insights into the mechanism is provided by structure-reactivity, implicating direct epoxidation by the chromate ester.<ref>Beihoffer, L.A; Craven, R.A.; Knight, K.S; Cisson, C.R.; Waddell, T.G. ''Trans. Met. Chem.'' '''2005''', ''30'', 582.</ref> Subsequent epoxide opening and release of chromium leads to the observed products.
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Buffering agents may be used to prevent acid-labile protecting groups from being removed during chromium(VI)-amine oxidations. However, buffers will also slow down oxidative cyclizations, leading to selective oxidation of alcohols over any other sort of oxidative transformation. Citronellol, for instance, which cyclizes to pugellols in the presence of PCC, does not undergo cyclization when buffers are used.<ref>Fieser, L. F.; Fieser, M. ''Reagents for Organic Synthesis''; Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1979, '''7''', 309.</ref><ref name=whatup>Babler, J. H.; Coghlan, M. J. ''Synth. Commun.'' '''1976''', ''6'', 469.</ref>
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Oxidative cyclization can be used to prepare substituted tetrahydrofurans. Cyclization of dienols leads to the formation of two tetrahydrofuran rings in a ''syn'' fashion.<ref
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Enones can be synthesized from tertiary allylic alcohols through the action of a variety of chromium(VI)-amine reagents, in a reaction known as the [[Babler oxidation]]. The reaction is driven by the formation of a more substituted double bond. (''E'')-Enones form in greater amounts than (''Z'') isomers because of chromium-mediated geometric isomerization.<ref name=whatup /><ref
Suitably substituted olefinic alcohols undergo oxidative cyclization to give tetrahydrofurans. Further oxidation of these compounds to give tetrahydropyranyl carbonyl compounds then occurs.<ref
In addition to the limitations described above, chromium(VI) reagents are often unsuccessful in the oxidation of substrates containing heteroatoms (particularly nitrogen). Coordination of the heteroatoms to chromium (with displacements of the amine ligand originally attached to the metal) leads to deactivation and eventual decomposition of the oxidizing agent.
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Methods employing dimethyl sulfoxide (the [[Swern oxidation|Swern]] and [[Moffatt oxidation]]s) are superior to chromium(VI)-amines for oxidations of substrates with heteroatom functionality that may coordinate to chromium.<ref>Tidwell, T. ''Org. React.'' '''1990''', ''39'', 297.</ref> [[Dess-Martin periodinane]] (DMP) offers the advantages of operational simplicity, a lack of heavy metal byproducts, and selective oxidation of complex, late-stage synthetic intermediates.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/047084289X.rt157m.pub2|title=1,1,1-Triacetoxy-1,1-dihydro-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one|journal=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis|year=2009|last1=Boeckman|first1=Robert J.|last2=George|first2=Kelly M.|isbn=978-0471936237 }}</ref> Additionally, both DMP and [[manganese dioxide]] (MnO<sub>2</sub>) can be used to oxidize allylic alcohols to the corresponding enones without allylic transposition. When allylic transpositions is desired, however, chromium(VI)-amine reagents are unrivaled.
Catalytic methods employing cheap, clean terminal oxidants in conjunction with catalytic amounts of chromium reagents produce only small amounts of metal byproducts.<ref
==Historic references==
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