ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chapter 12 o An excellent reagent for oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes is pyridinium chlorochromate(PCC) CH2OH PCC CHO CHoCI PCC (Pyridinium chlorochromate) CrO3 Hcl N一H CrOr Cl ridin PCC Department of Chemistry, Xiamen UniversityORGANIC CHEMISTRY Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University Chapter 12 An excellent reagent for oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes is pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). CH2OH CHO 82% CH2Cl2 PCC PCC (Pyridinium chlorochromate) CrO3 + HCl + N N H pyridin CrO3Cl PCC