Question: what is mcpba in chemistry?
Answer: Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - mCPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid) mCPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid): A peracid derived from meta-chlorobenzoic acid. An oxidant; converts an alkene to an epoxide, and a thioether to a sulfoxide, and then to a sulfone.