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James M. Bobbitt
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(b. 1930)
Professor Emeritus, UCONN 1992-
Department Head, UCONN 1976-1982
Professor, UCONN 1967-1992
Associate Professor UCONN 1964-1967
Assistant Professor, UCONN 1960-1964
Instructor, UCONN 1956-1960
Guest Professor, Adelaide University 1985-86
Guest Professor, Univ. North Carolina 1980
Guest Professor, Latrobe University 1970-1971
Guest Professor, Univ. East Anglia 1963-1964
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. Zurich 1959-1960
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1956-1957
Ph. D., Ohio State University 1955
B. S., West Virginia University, 1951
Phone: 860-486-6601
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We
have been working for several years on the oxoammnium
salts, such as 1, shown below.
These salts oxidize alcohols to aldehydes or
ketones selectively, and also undergo several other
reactions, albeit under different conditions and slowly.
We prepared 1 for the first time, although
other oxoammonium salts had been previously known.
Two reactions are
shown below. The first one illustrates the oxidation
of alcohols and shows the convenience of the reaction.
The second reaction illustrates the oxidation of certain
primary alcohols to dimeric esters. Both reactions yield
products in high yields that are essentially pure.
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