2004 Volume 72 Issue 12 Pages 846-848
N-Oxyl-mediated electrooxidation of sec-alcohols in ionic liquids was performed successfully to give the corresponding ketones. By use of ionized N-oxyl, [TEMPOmim] [Tf2N], both the ionic liquids and the N-oxyl compound could be recovered and reused for the electrooxidation of alcohols.