A Facile, Mild, and Environmentally Benign Procedure for the Cleavage of Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bonds Using KMnO4 in the Presence of Montmorillonite K-10 under Solvent-Free Conditions

Abstract

An efficient and environmentally benign method for the conversion of oximes, semicarbazones, phenylhydrazones, and azines to their corresponding carbonyl compounds using KMnO4/montmorillonite K-10 as a commercially available, non-toxic, stable, and inexpensive reagent is reported.