Baeyer-Villiger Reaction
Description: Treatment of an aldehyde or ketone with a peroxyacid (RCO3H) results in the formation of an ester.
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Org. Synth. 1946, 26, 90
DOI Link: 10.15227/orgsyn.026.0090
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Yes – that is absolutely right.
So when it reacts with an aldehyde it will result in a carboxylic acid, with another carboxylic acid as a by product?