Abstract : 2-Benzyl benzothiazoles and benzimidazoles are easily oxidized under air and basic conditions to give the corresponding ketones in good yields. The use of palladium acetate as a catalyst has little effect and even gives, in some cases, much lower yields.
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Aurelie dos Santos, Laurent El Kaim, Laurence Grimaud. Metal-free aerobic oxidation of benzazole derivatives. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, 11 (20), pp.3282-3287. ⟨10.1039/c3ob27404g⟩. ⟨hal-00949977⟩