Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode, I discuss Jones Oxidation, Pinnick Oxidation, and Tollen's test.

*The slide titled ‘Pinnick Oxidation’ has a typo - underneath the reaction arrow it should say NaH2PO4, not NaH2PO3*

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Links to articles discussed in this episode:
first Jones - doi.org/10.1016/0223-5234(94)90113-9
second Jones - doi.org/10.1134/S1070428018060040
first Pinnick - doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606679
second Pinnick - doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2015.07.036
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I hope you enjoyed the video! I'm planning on making a full series of videos if these videos are helpful for people!

Recommended Texts:
J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, Organic Chemistry Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2012. (especially good for mechanism and physical chemistry explanations)
T. W. G. Solomons, C. B. Fryle, S. A. Snyder, Organic Chemistry Twelfth Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2016.
LibreTexts:
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry