Question: what is mcpba in organic chemistry?
Answer: 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. Molecular structure of mCBPA. In this epoxidation reaction, mCPBA oxidizes cyclohexene to the corresponding epoxide.