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Synthesis of Peroxides
Name Reactions
Recent Literature
Ketones reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of iodine to yield gem-dihydroperoxides
in acetonitrile and hydroperoxyketals in methanol in good yields. Aromatic
aldehydes were also converted to gem-dihydroperoxides in acetonitrile and
to hydroperoxyacetals in methanol.
K. Žmitek, M. Zupan, S. Stavber, J. Iskra, J. Org. Chem., 2007,
72, 6534-6540.
