Étard reaction

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The Étard reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the direct oxidation of an aromatic or heterocyclic bound methyl group to an aldehyde using chromyl chloride.[1][2] For example, toluene can be oxidised to benzaldehyde:

The Etard reaction

[edit] References

  1. ^ (a) Étard, A. L. Compt. Rend. 1880, 90, 534. (b) Étard, A. L. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1881, 22, 218.
  2. ^ Hartford, W. H.; Darrin, M. Chem. Rev. 1958, 58, 1. (Review)


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