Fragmentation of chloroperoxides: hypochlorite-mediated dehydration of hydroperoxyacetals to esters.
Hypochlorites efficently dehydrate hydroperoxyacetals to furnish the corresponding esters. The reaction, which can be accomplished with stoichometric Ca(OCl)(2) or with catalytic amounts of t-BuOCl, appears to involve formation and heterolytic fragmentation of secondary chloroperoxides, species not previously described in solution chemistry.
Fisher
Thomas J
TJ
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE, 68588-0304, USA.
Dussault
Patrick H
PH