3-Benzyl-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazolium chlorochromate (BCC) as oxidizing agent

Selected alcohols and oximes undergo oxidative cleavage to corresponding carbonyls by employing BCC, in chloroform as solvent under reflux conditions. It is found that this reagent also shows similar selectivity and mechanism for the oxidation of alcohols and oximes as PCC (pyridinium chlorochromate), MCC (1-methyl imidazolium chlorochromate), ICC (imidozolium chlorochromate) and QFC (quinolium fluorochromate).