Abstract
Six-membered ring ketones and acyclic ketones were oxidized by stable triarylamminium radical cations in moist acetonitrile at room temperature in the presence of a base to α-hydroxy ketones in good yield. Five-membered ring ketones gave the corresponding αβ-unsaturated compounds.
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