M. Hirano et al., MMPP (MAGNESIUM MONOPEROXYPHTHALATE) IN ACETONITRILE - A NEW APPROACHTO THE SYNTHESIS OF LACTONES VIA BAEYER-VILLIGER OXIDATION OF CYCLIC-KETONES, Synthetic communications, 26(24), 1996, pp. 4591-4596
A variety of unsubstituted and mono- or di-substituted cycloalkanones
can be oxidised with modest excess of magnesium monoperoxyphthalate he
xahydrate in acetonitrile to produce the corresponding lactones in a f
acile, selective, and high yielding manner.