Mendeleev - 12-12-2004 at 16:17
The baeyer villager reaction is a useful reaction for oxidizing ketones to the corresponding ester and carboxylic acid, using peracids.
http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/courses/351/Carey5th/Ch17/ch17-3...
I have an interesting article which mentions using K2S2O8 in 50% H2SO4 to generate H2SO5 as the peracid. They also speculate that H2O2 would have
done the job. I have attached the article but it is a little vague in terms of experimental procedures, such as quantity. If anybody has any more
similar sources, I'm interested to know how much H2SO4 and potassium persulfate they used per ketone.
Attachment: JOC_35_3080-3082_1970.pdf (428kB)
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