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Alkanes (cyclohexane, pentane, hexane, heptane, 3-methylhexane) have been oxidised to the corresponding alcohols, together with minor amounts of ketones (aldehydes) by irradiation of solutions of the alkanes in aliphatic alcohols in air in the presence of catalytic amounts of FeCI3: unusual selectivity in the reaction is revealed.
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Shul’pin⊗ et al. (1992) studied this question.
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