H. Kotsuki et al., Sc(OTf)(3)- and TfOH-catalyzed Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of carbonyl compounds with m-chloroperbenzoic acid, SYNLETT, (4), 1999, pp. 462-464
An efficient method for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of carbonyl compounds to
the corresponding esters/lactones has been developed using m-chloroperbenzo
ic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of Sc(OTf)(3) or TfOH.