Apparently you must use sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide because using m-CPBA gives an undesired product
Why doesn't m-CPBA work and what does it do instead? Why does sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide work?
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Sign up to join this communityApparently you must use sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide because using m-CPBA gives an undesired product
Why doesn't m-CPBA work and what does it do instead? Why does sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide work?
When using MCPBA, the undesired by-product is probably formed due to Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of the ketone to the corresponding ester (here: lactone).