Process for producing carboxylated compound

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for producing a carboxylated compound, which comprises reacting a carbonyl compound with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an organo-arsenic acid of the formula (1) ......(1), wherein:, R1 is a C1-C12 alkyl group which may be substituted or an aryl group which may be substituted, R2 is a hydroxyl group or the same group as that which defines R1, or alternatively R1 and R2 may bond to each, other to form a five-membered or six-membered ring together with As atoms to which these groups are bonded, and, the substituent(s) substituted on the above groups is/are selected from hydroxyl, carboxyl carbonyl, sulfonyl, sulfonium, an, amino group an ammonium group, an alkyl, group, an …