‘Oxenoid’ oxygen insertion vs. a radical mechanism in the oxidation of alkanes and alcohols: the case of aromatic peracids
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/01/1900 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/CC9960001843
Abstract
Adamantane is oxidised by MCPBA in a free-radical process, whose selectivity is discussed; by this method, cyclohexanol can be directly oxidised to caprolactone.
