The oxidation takes place in water containing solvent mixtures under slightly acidic conditions (pH 3–5) with sodium chlorite as oxidizer.
In the original publication, sulfamic acid and resorcinol were used.
[1] George A. Kraus and co-workers were the first to use 2-methyl-2-butene as scavenger under buffered conditions for the oxidation of an aliphatic and an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde.
[2][3] Later hydrogen peroxide also proved to work to remove the hypochlorite.
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