"The Swern oxidation proceeds rapidly at low temperatures and thus can be employed for the preparation of a-keto aldehydes and acylsilanes, which are hyperactive carbonyl compounds and prone to hydration, polymerization, and air oxidation. … The Dess-Martin oxidation of alcohols has proven to be an efficient method for the conversion of primary and secondary alcohol to aldehydes and ketones, respectively. The rate of oxidation is markedly accelerated in the presence of water. … [TPAP(Pr4N+RuO4-)] is commercially available and environmentally friendly since it is used in catalytic amounts in the presence of a co-oxidant such as N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMO)."