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Reactions of the type RH → ROH rarely yield homogeneous products. However, substituted perbenzoic acids transform the cyclic “paraffins” cis-and trans-(1) to (3), X = H, regio- and stereospecifically into the corresponding compounds with X = OH. Acyclic alkanes are likewise oxidizable.
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Hans‐Jörg Schneider (1979) studied this question.
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