Editing Talk:Pinnick oxidation (section)

== Proposed merge of [[Lindgren oxidation]] into [[Pinnick oxidation]] ==

From my (potentially flawed) understanding, these two oxidation methods are functionally similar with insufficient individual coverage, and thus should be merged. [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00583 This paper] (as well as the [[Lindgren oxidation]] article) states that Lindgren originally came up with the reaction, which was then further developed by Kraus & Pinnick. While both names are used ([https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/cc/c4cc01305k "Lindgren oxidation"], [https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/437853/1/rsos.191568.pdf "Pinnick oxidation"]), several pieces in the literature refer to the reaction with [[sodium chlorite]] in acid and some [[Scavenger (chemistry)|scavenger reagent]] as the "Lindgren-Kraus-Pinnick oxidation" ([https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202307626 1], [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5603193/ 2], [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01409 3]) or "Pinnick-Lindgren-Kraus oxidation" ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1523706024016213 4], [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9635982/ 5], [https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/articles/21/182 6], [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7615592/ 7]). Footnote 18 in [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2748771/ this paper] states that the Lindgren oxidation "is also known in the literature as the Pinnick oxidation" further suggests that the two names refer to the same reaction. 

As the [[Pinnick oxidation]] article is more extensive, I suggest the [[Lindgren oxidation]] article be merged into the [[Pinnick oxidation]] article, with redirects set up for any appropriate alternate names. [[User:Staraction|Staraction]] ([[User talk:Staraction|talk]] <b>·</b> [[Special:Contribs/Staraction|contribs]]) 07:51, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:They do appear to share a root. My read is that Lindgren developed the general method first, while Pinnick refined it as a tool for the selective oxidation α,β-unsaturated aldehydes ({{DOI|10.1098/rsos.191568}}). Pinnick–Lindgren oxidation, with the usual single-name redirects, might be an acceptable option. [[User:Project Osprey|Project Osprey]] ([[User talk:Project Osprey|talk]]) 13:37, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks @[[User:Project Osprey|Project Osprey]]. It does seem like "Pinnick-Lindgren oxidation" is used as a name for the reaction in some of the literature, as well ([https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S2041652016008737 1], [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12706376/ 2], [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02628 3], [https://portal.fis.tum.de/en/publications/corrigendum-to-total-synthesis-of-pulvomycin-d-chemistry-a-europe/ 4]). Would it be possible to merge & rename at the same time? Best, [[User:Staraction|Staraction]] ([[User talk:Staraction|talk]] <b>·</b> [[Special:Contribs/Staraction|contribs]]) 09:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)