Dibenzoyl Peroxide

The Chemistry of Peresters

“…Diacyl peroxides, which includes a number of materials of commerce, have traditionally been used as radical initiators and, to a lesser extent, as oxidants,, more recently, they have drawn interest for the ability to achieve radical C‐H activation or oxygen transfer in the absence of metal ions , . It has been known for more than six decades that a cyclic diacyl peroxide, initially phthaloyl peroxide, achieved mild and stereoselective 1,2‐dioxygenation of alkenes .…”