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The complex [MnII(R,R-mcp)(CF₃SO₃)₂] is a very efficient and practical catalyst for the epoxidation of a wide scope of olefins including terminal, tertiary, cis and trans internal, enones, and methacrylates using peracetic acid as the terminal oxidant.
A. Murphy, G. Dubois, T. D. P. Stack, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 5250-5251.

A manganese catalyst containing a tetradentate ligand derived from triazacyclononane exhibits high catalytic activity in epoxidation reactions using peracetic acid as oxidant. The system exhibits broad substrate scope and is remarkably selective toward aliphatic cis-olefins. Mechanistic studies point toward an electrophilic oxidant delivering the oxygen atom in a concerted step.
I. Garcia-Bosch, A. Company, X. Fontrodona, X. Ribas, M. Costas, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 2095-2098.

A palladium-catalyzed diacetoxylation of alkenes in the presence of peracetic acid and acetic anhydride produces diacetates efficiently and diastereoselectively. Due to its mild conditions, this method is suitable for a broad range of substrates encompassing conjugated and nonconjugated olefins.

Efficient oxidative α-halogenation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds has been achieved by employing a system comprising of sub-stoichiometric amounts of TiX₄ (X = Cl, Br) in the presence of environmentally benign hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) or peracetic acid (MeCO₃H) as the oxidants. The end point of the reaction is accompanied by a sharp colour change.
R. Akula, M. J. Galligan, H. Ibrahim, Synthesis, 2011, 347-351.

A facile ruthenium-catalyzed methodology for the preparation of pentavalent iodine compounds uses peracetic acid as an oxidant. The new procedure allows the preparation of iodylarenes bearing strongly electron-withdrawing groups.
A. Y. Koposov, R. R. Karimov, A. A. Pronin, T. Skrupskaya, M. S. Yusubov, V. V. Zhdankin, J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 9912-9914.