Studies on the Periodic Acid Oxidation of N-Glycosides. XV. Studies on the Periodic Acid Oxidation of Anilines. (8). A Consideration on the Mechanism of Periodic Acid Oxidation of α-Glycols.

Abstract

The hypothesis suggested by Waters on the mechanism of the decomposition of α-glycol with periodic acid was examined and from the fact that in the periodic acid oxidation solutions of α-glycol the formation of a free radical was not observed, this hypothesis was proved not to be reasonable and consequently it was shown that the periodic acid oxidation mechanisms of aniline and of α-glycol were different from each other.