“…Geranial ( 1 ) was isolated from citral by high‐performance liquid chromatography . The most common laboratory method for production of geranial ( 1 ) is the selective oxidation of geraniol ( 3 ) using different systems, such as MnO 2 , the Dess – Martin reagent , [bis(acetoxy)iodo]‐benzene , oxygen in the presence of catalysts containing noble metals (Pd, Pt, Au, Ru, and Rh) , or the Swern , Corey – Kim , and Oppenauer oxidation reactions . The disadvantages of the existing methods of obtaining individual citral isomers by oxidation of the appropriate alcohols include high cost reagents, stringent requirements for the reaction conditions, difficulties in handling of reaction mixtures and catalysts regeneration, and the need of special equipment.…”