Peroxydodecanoic acid

In a synthetic sequence involving thietanoprostanoids45, peroxydodecanoic acid was successfully used to oxidize a hydroxysulphoxide to the corresponding hydroxysulphone (equation 14). The use of pertrifluoroacetic acid in this case apparently produced unidentifiable products. 

Well-developed applications 19-21) of urea inclusion compounds have been in the areas of detergents, dewaxing and petroleum chemistry. Some recent novel advances include the use of the peroxydodecanoic acid-urea inclusion compound in a laundry bleach product60 and in the purification of insect pheromones61 62. ... 

In the reaction of the tartaric acid derivative 516 with peroxydodecanoic acid in the presence of DCC, the expected mixed anhydride 517 is obtained in 73 % yield." ... 

Many other peroxy acids, such as trifluoroperacetic acid (equation 26), peroxydodecanoic acid (equation 27) and various perbenzoic acids " are also useful oxidants to give a high yield of sulfones from sulfoxides or directly from sulfides under suitable conditions. 

Oxidation of thietane 1-oxides to thietane 1,1-dioxides is easy, but not particularly important except as a structure proof, since most sulfones can be made directly from the sulfides. Oxidation reagents that have been used on the sulfoxides are hydrogen peroxide-acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide-formic acid, perbenzoic acid, peroxydodecanoic acid, " and perlauric acid. The relative rates of oxidation of four-, five, and six-membered sulfoxides with perbenzoic acid in 40% dioxane at 25° were similar. Oxidations were more rapid at high pH. 

Peroxyacetic acid, see P-00042 Peroxydodecanoic acid, P-00045 Peroxylauric acid, see P-00045... 

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