FUNCTIONAL GROUP OXIDATION USING SODIUM PERBORATE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81484-8

Sodium perborate in acetic acid is an effective reagent for the oxidation of anilines to nitroarenes and of sulphides to either sulphoxides or sulphones.It is also an excellent reagent for the oxidative deprotection of ketone dimethylhydrazones.Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of ketones can be carried out with sodium perborate in either trifluoroacetic acid or acetic acid/trifluoroacetic acid mixtures, and hydroquinones and certain highly substituted phenols are smoothly converted into quinones.