African Journal of Chemistry

African Journal of Chemistry ISSN 4391-3199 Vol. 4 (4), pp. 241-243, April, 2017. © International Scholars Journals

Short Communication

Tetrapropylammonium bromochromate and tetrabutylammonium bromochromate [NR₄]CrO₃Br, (R= Pr, Bu): two new and efficient reagents for oxidation of alcohols

Shahriare Ghammamy^1,2*, Kheyrollah Mehrani¹, Hamid Afrand¹ and Maryam Hajighahramani¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran.

²Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Ghazvin, Iran.

Accepted 15 August, 2007

Abstract

Tetrapropylammonium bromochromate (VI), [N(Pr)₄]CrO₃Br, TPABC and tetrabutylammonium bromo-chromate (VI), [N(Bu)₄]CrO₃Br, TBABC were prepared and used to quantitatively oxidizing of a number of organic substrates. These reagents are versatile reagents for the effective and selective oxidation of organic substrates, in particular for alcohols, under mild conditions.

Key words: Chromium (VI), reagent, tetrapropylammonium bromochromate, tetrabutylammonium bromochro-mate, oxidation, organic substrates, alcohols.