Oxidative Transformation of Organic Compounds Using Bis(1,10-phenanthroline)silver(II) Peroxydisulfate as a Twin Catalyst/Oxidant

The mild and efficient oxidation of a variety of organic functional groups with a twin catalyst/oxidant,bis(phenanthroline)silver(II) peroxydisulfate, [Ag(phen)2]S2O8, is reported. This reagent shows high selectivity and the type of obtained products and the extent of oxidation are strongly dependent to the type of the functional groups and oxidant/substrate molar ratios.