Alcohol oxidation study using Na/Ag ionic electrolyte^a.

Entry	Alcohol	Aldehyde	Conv. (%)
1			≥99
2			59
3			97
4			70
5			66
6			69
7			72
8			70
9			73
10			66
11			75
12			60
13			10
14b			88

^aReaction conditions: 0.2 mmol alcohol, 20 mg dye-ZnO, 1.24 M Na/Ag solution electrolyte, 9.6 × 10⁻⁵ mol TEMPO, 0.5 mL H₂O, 7 hours. OSRAM® VIALOX 70W incandescent lamp irradiation (65 600 lumens). Aldehyde product conversion was determined by GC-MS.

^bNo dimethylmalonaldehyde was detected.