A novel aerobic oxidation of alcohols without the use of any oxidants was developed. An equimolar catalytic mixture of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide and sodium nitritecatalyzes the aerobic selective oxidation of...
Novel bisphosphonate cyclic acetal compounds are disclosed, as well as methods of preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and administration of the compounds in methods of treating bone metabolism disorders, such as abnormal calcium and phosphate metabolism.