2-(1-Hydroperoxyalkyl)-furans and 6-hydroperoxy-2H-pyran-3(6H)-ones are alt
ernatively accessible by acid-catalyzed oxidation of 2-furyl alcohols with
hydrogen peroxide under appropriate conditions. Representative compounds of
both classes of hydroperoxides have been used, as easily renewable oxygen
donors, in asymmetric sulfoxidation reactions. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevi
er Science Ltd.