review	Synthesis 1995; 1995: 1325-1347 DOI: 10.1055/s-1995-4128
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Sodium Perborate and Sodium Percarbonate in Organic Synthesis
Jacques Muzart*
*Unité ”Réarrangements Thermiques et Photochimiques” Associée au C.N.R.S., Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, F-51062 Reims, France, Fax +33(26)053166

This article reviews the oxidation of organic compounds carried out with either sodium perborate or sodium percarbonate as an oxygen source. Special attention is drawn to the differences in results provided by these two oxidants and to the influence of experimental conditions.

The potential and the efficiency of these two peroxygen compounds towards the oxidation of organic compounds is described.