Dakin oxidation

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Oxidation of aryl aldehydes or aryl ketones to phenols using basic hydrogen peroxide conditions. Cf. A variant of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.

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Li, J.J. (2014). Dakin oxidation. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_79

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