Peroxy Acids

Examples: meta-Chloroperbenzoic acid, Peracetic Acid,  Trifluoroacetic peracid

Sodium percarbonate allows the convenient preparation of peroxy acids from acid chlorides, and even from the acids themselves.

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Recent Literature

The oxidation of malononitrile derivatives with peracid in methanol proceeds with loss of the cyano groups to yield methyl esters in high yield. The method was applied to a variety of malononitrile derivatives, some of which were prepared by Pd- or Ir-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution.
S. Förster, O. Tverskoy, G. Helmchen, Synlett, 2008, 2803-2806.