“…The reaction required 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, or dichloromethane as solvents and resulted in the formation of lactones (esters) or carboxylic acid, starting from ketones or aldehydes, respectively [57]. In addition, the same authors found that 3,5-bis(perfluorooctyl)benzeneseleninic acid can efficiently catalyze the oxidation of aldehydes as well as ketones using an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide in monophasic, fluorous biphasic, or triphasic reaction media [58]. In 2015 some of the present authors demonstrated that benzeneseleninic acid under "on-water" conditions oxidizes a number of aldehydes into the corresponding carboxylic acids when the medium is water or, alternatively, into the corresponding esters when the medium is an alcohol [59].…”