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Baeyer–Villiger oxidation template
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Peracetic acid adds to acetophenone (Criegee intermediate); the phenyl group, the better migrating group, moves to oxygen to give phenyl acetate.
Mechanism step by step
A peroxyacid inserts an oxygen next to the carbonyl: ketone → ester
- Addition – The peroxyacid OH attacks the carbonyl carbon
- Proton transfer – The Criegee intermediate
- Migration (slow) – Phenyl moves to O as acetate leaves
- Deprotonation – Acetate takes the proton
Key points
- Migratory aptitude: tertiary alkyl > secondary alkyl ≈ phenyl > primary alkyl > methyl.
- The migrating group keeps its configuration.
- Cyclic ketones give lactones (cyclohexanone → ε-caprolactone).
- Aldehydes give carboxylic acids (H migrates).
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Over seventy, covering the reactions most often asked in school-leaving exams (A-level, IB, CBSE, JEE and NEET) and first-year university courses, including condensations, rearrangements, oxidations, reductions and aromatic substitutions.