F-Amyl hydroperoxide

The oxidation of N-alkyl or N-aryl aldimines or ketimines with f-amyl hydroperoxide in the presence of either M0CI5 or Mo(CO)6 leads to oxaziridine formation, equation (137) [184]. In benzene solution the reaction proceeds rapidly and yields are high (80-95%). The catalytic procedure is considerably more convenient than conventional methods of oxaziridine preparation. 

The common initiators of this class are f-alkyl derivatives, for example, /-butyl hydroperoxide (59), /-amyl hydroperoxide (60), cumene hydroperoxide (61), and a range of peroxyketals (62). Hydroperoxides formed by hydrocarbon autoxidation have also been used as initiators of polymerization. 

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