Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Peroxybenzoic acid is a simple peroxy acid. It may be synthesized from benzoic acid and hydrogen peroxide or by the treatment of benzoyl peroxide with sodium methoxide followed by acidification.Like other peroxyacids it may be used to generate epoxides such as styrene oxide from styrene: ↑ 1.0 1.1 ↑ ↑ ↑
