Aldehydes Trimethylsilyl chlorochromate

Methylthiomethyl p-tolyl sulfone, 192 Potassium ruthenate, 259 Trimethylsilyl chlorochromate, 327 a-Substituted ketones (see also Halo carbonyl compounds, Hydroxy aldehydes and ketones) a-Acetoxy ketones Benzeneselenenyl chloride-Silver acetate, 27... 

The mixture of chromium trioxide with one equivalent of trimethylsilyl chloride, with no solvent added, results in the formation of an explosive red liquid that is soluble in dichloromethane or tetrachloromethane.428 It is suggested, with no spectroscopic evidence, that it consists of trimethylsilyl chlorochromate [Me3Si-0-Cr(0)2-Cl]. This compound, which can safely be used in organic solvents, is able to oxidize alcohols to aldehydes or ketones, and interacts with r-butyldimethylsilyl ethers producing deprotection, followed by oxidation of the liberated alcohol.138 Compounds analogue to trimethylsilyl chlorochromate are also able to oxidize alcohols, although they possess lesser reactivity. They can be prepared by reaction of chromium trioxide with dimethyldichlorosilane and diphenyldichlorosilane.428b... 

Oxidations by pyridinium chlorochromate resemble those by dipyridine chromium(VI) oxide, both in scope and the mild conditions required. At room temperature, primary alcohols give aldehydes [604, 605], secondary alcohols afford ketones [605], allylic and benzylic methylene groups are oxidized to carbonyl groups [606, 6d7], enol ethers are converted into esters [608] or lactones [609], trimethylsilyl ethers of diphenols are transformed into quinones [610], and alkylboranes are converted into aldehydes (yll]. 

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