PROCESS FOR OXIDISING SECONDARY AROMATIC ALCOHOLS

摘要

3-16217/= Process for oxidising secondary aromatic alcohols Aromatic ketones or .alpha.-diketones of formula I (I), wherein Ar is an aromatic radical, which can be substituted or unsubstituted and n is O or 1, can be prepared from the corresponding carbinols by reaction with molar amounts of a sulfonyl chloride in the presence of a base. The corresponding sulfinic acid or salt thereof with the base is formed simultaneously.