Oxidation of Benzoin to Benzil using Lanthanum Oxide
Govindaraj Usha1, Ramesh Prakash2, Narayanan Selvapalam3, Karuppasamy Karpagalakshmi4, Lakshminarayanan Piramuthu5

1Govindaraj Usha, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry, IRC and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.

2Ramesh Prakash, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry, IRC and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.

3Narayanan Selvapalam, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry, IRC and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.

4Dr. Lakshminarayanan Piramuthu, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry, IRC and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.

5Karpagalakshmi Karuppasamy, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry, IRC and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.

Manuscript received on 06 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 18 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2019 | PP: 739-742 | Volume-9 Issue-2S2 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: B11761292S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.B1176.1292S219

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Abstract: Industrially useful class of intermediate such as benzil can be obtained by the oxidation of benzoin, which has been explored extensively. Until now, lanthanum oxide has been not explored for the oxidation of benzoin. Here we report the oxidation of benzoin by the rare earth oxide, lanthanum oxide, which converted quantitatively the oxidized product, benzil,. The product was characterized by FTIR and NMR.

Keywords: Oxidation, Benzoin, Benzil, Lanthaum oxide.
Scope of the Article: Bio-Science and Bio-Technology