Selective and fast oxidation of alcohol to aldehyde using novel catalytic deep eutectic solvent surfactants.

Deep eutectic solvent (DES) has been considered as a useful catalyst and reaction medium for various organic transformations. Herein, we report the catalytic application of novel deep eutectic solvent- based surfactant (DES surfactant) for the selective and fast oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes. The readily accessible DES surfactants (FeCl/BHDC) was prepared using inexpensive ferric chloride (FeCl) and benzyl hexadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride in a simple manner.