“…The reaction rate increases with an increase of the polarity of the medium. 22 TBATB has also been used for the oxidation of aliphatic aldehydes to generate the corresponding carboxylic acids, 23 for the oxidation of dimethyl and diphenyl sulfoxide to generate the corresponding sulfones, 24 and for the oxidation of some neutral and acidic α-amino acids to produce the corresponding carbonyl compounds and ammonia. 25 In all cases, the reac-tions were completed in aqueous acetic acid as the solvent, the tribromide ion being the reactive oxidizing species.…”