Success Stories
Highly reactive organocatalyst for oxidizing alcohols “AZADO series”
Dr IWABUCHI Yoshiharu et al, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, developed highly reactive organocatalyst for oxidizing alcohols “AZADO”, “1-Me-AZADO”, and “nor-AZADO”. These catalysts have higher catalytic activity than TEMPO.
AZADO is now commercially provided as AZADOL® by Nissan Chemical Corporation, FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation, and TOKYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.. 1-Me-AZADO and nor-AZADO are now commercially provided by FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation.
For more detail, please access to TOKYO CHEMICAL’s webpage or WAKO’s webpage and contact them directly.
