The oxidation of aliphatic ketone monoalkylhydrazones RIRzC= NNHR~ with peracetic acid furnished azoacetates and azoxyacetates of the types R1R2C (O2CCHa) N= NR3 (1) and RIR& (OtCCH3) N (O)= NRa (2), respectively. The latter compounds were shown by an independent synthesis to be formed in the reaction by the peracetic acid oxidation of the corresponding 1. The aliphatic aldehyde monoalkylhydrazones RICH= NNHR3 were ...
