April 19, 2024, 11:05:09 PM
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Topic: Could someone suggest a mechanism by which this reaction might occur?  (Read 822 times)

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Offline scowden

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All I've got to go on is this sentence; "Trapping of this enol with 3O2 produces a vicinal hydroperoxide aldehyde".  But the problem is I've got absolutely no idea how this actually happens so if someone could suggest a mechanism that would be great. The reactant and product are in the attached image file.


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