Sodium hypochlorite solution

Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is a commonly used reagent in organic synthesis for many oxidation and chlorination reactions.

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Sodium hypochlorite solution can be used as an oxidizing agent for the oxidation of:      

• Primary alcohols to aldehydes or carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to ketones.     
• Aryl aldehydes to the corresponding acids in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst.      
• Ethers to esters by careful pH control (pH range of 8–9.5),

It can also be used as a reagent in the:      

• Epoxidation of enones and polycyclic arenes.      
• Oxidative degradation reaction      
• N-Chlorination of primary and secondary amines
• Enantioselective epoxidation of α, β-unsaturated ketones      
• Asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins in the presence of an osmium catalyst      
• Chlorination of allylic carbons in the presence of CeCl₃

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