Mechanism of the baeyer–villiger reaction
Abstract
Examination of the effects of substituents on the rate and the migratory aptitude in the oxidation of substituted pp′-dimethoxybenzophenones with peroxy-benzoic acid in dichloroacetic acid to give aryl benzoates suggests that the rearrangement of peroxybenzoic acid—ketone adducts to esters is rate-determing.