Abstract α-Hydroxyketones were oxidized into α-diketones with triphenylantimony dibromide in the presence of two equiv. of base. Antimony-catalyzed debromination and oxidation cycle was devised for the system of ethyl 2,3-dibromo-3-phenylpropionate and α-hydroxyketones.
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