Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University:(Present address)Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
Condensation of carboxylic acids with tert-butyl hydroperoxide has been smoothly achieved by the use of diethyl phosphorocyanidate and triethylamine under mild reaction conditions, giving tert-butyl peroxycarboxylates in good yields.