Peroxycarboxylic acid synthesis

Sulfones (55) are generally prepared by the oxidation of the appropriate sulfides (2) (Scheme 26).7 The oxidation is generally performed by treatment with peroxycarboxylic acids, but other oxidants may be used (see Chapter 10, p. 195). Diarylsulfones are often obtained by the Friedel-Crafts reaction, and special methods are available for the synthesis of substituted sulfones such as vinyl, hydroxy and halosulfones (see Chapter 10, p. 197). Sulfonyl ethers (56) can be prepared by reaction of a suitable chloroether (57) with the appropriate - sodium sulfinate (58) (Scheme 27). 

Bjorkliiig, F., H. Fiykman, S.E. Godtfredsen, and O. Kirk, Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis of Peroxycarboxylic Acids and Lipase Mediated Oxidations, Tetrahedron 48 4587-4592 (1992). 

The most common laboratory method for the synthesis of epoxides from alkenes is oxidation with a peroxycarboxylic acid (a peracid), RCO3H. One peracid used for this purpose is peroxyacetic acid ... 

OXACYCLOPROPANE (EPOXIDE) SYNTHESIS EPOXIDATION BY PEROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS... 

S. Leveneur, J. Warna, K. Eranen, T. Salmi, Green process technology for peroxycarboxylic acids Estimation of kinetic and dispersion parameters aided hy RTD measurements Green synthesis of peroxycarboxylic acids, Chem. Eng. Sci. 66 (2011) 1038—1050. 

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