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Solid nickel peroxide, readily obtainable by the treatment of nickel salts with sodium hypochlorite in alkaline solution, has been proved to be an useful reagent for the oxidative cleavage of α-glycols and α-hydroxy acids in aprotic solvents. Some kinds of aldehydes or ketones were obtained in moderately good yield as glycol cleavage products. With nickel peroxide in an aqueous alkaline solution, α-keto alcohols and α-keto acids were transformed into carboxylic acids by the oxidative cleavage.
