A new epoxidation and oxidation technique has been discovered in which dilute hydrogen peroxide (30-50%) is utilized under essentially neutral conditions. The procedure involves the initial reaction of an organic nitrile with hydrogen peroxide to produce what is most likely a peroxycarboximidic acid. This has been used to epoxidize cyclohexene, styrene, and acrolein diethyl acetal in 73, 70, and 62% yields, respectively, as well as to oxidize ...
![4-nitro-N-[[(2Z)-2-[(4-nitrophenyl)hydrazinylidene]ethylidene]amino]aniline Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/081/3078-13-5.png)