Synthesis of peroxide compounds by the BF3-catalyzed reaction of acetals and enol ethers with H2O2

Aliphatic and alicyclic gem-bis-hydroperoxides and their derivatives, bis(1-hydroperoxycycloalkyl) and bis(1-hydroperoxyalkyl) peroxides, dispiro- and tetraalkyl-1,2,4,5-tetroxanes were synthesized by the reaction of aliphatic and alicyclic acetals and enol ethers with H2O2 in the presence of BF3 in anhydrous Et2O.