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Ammonium peroxydisulfate

See also: tetrabutylammonium peroxydisulfate, potassium peroxydisulfate

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N-Acyl amino acids can be converted by oxidative decarboxylation induced by Ag+/Cu2+/S2O82- at room temperature in water into imides in good yields. Both N-benzoylvaline and N-benzoylleucine gave N-formylbenzamide, which possibly results from oxidative cleavage of an enamide intermediate.
W. Huang, M. Wang, H. Yue, Synthesis, 2008, 1342-1344.