Abstract The thermal copper ion catalyzed peroxyester reaction of t-butyl N,N-dimethylperoxyamidate (1, R = N(CH3)2) with cyclohexene results in the formation of the corresponding N,N-dimethylamidate 6 in 20% yield, and 3,3′-dicyclohexenyl (5) in 40% yield. Underanalogous conditions, the reaction of 1, R = N(CH3)2, with tetrahydrofuran gives the corresponding amidate 7 in 6% yield. Only a 2% yield of 6 and no 7 were isolated in the photochemical variant of the peroxyester reaction. Compound 6 is also obtained in a 12% yield from the reaction of 2-cyclohexen-1-ol (9) with N,N-dimethyl carbamoyl chloride (4) in the presence of pyridine.