Issue 2, 2000

Epoxidation of alkenes using alkyl hydroperoxides generated in situ by catalytic autoxidation of hydrocarbons with dioxygen

Abstract

Olefins were smoothly epoxidized under O2 (1 atm) in the presence of a hydrocarbon such as ethylbenzene or tetralin, using N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and Mo(CO)6 as catalyst; the present reaction involves autoxidation of the hydrocarbon assisted by NHPI and epoxidation of alkenes with the resulting hydroperoxide catalyzed by Mo(CO)6; cis-alkene was epoxidized in a stereospecific manner to form the corresponding cis-epoxide in high yield.

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Nov 1999
Accepted
10 Dec 1999
First published
17 Jan 2000

Chem. Commun., 2000, 163-164

Epoxidation of alkenes using alkyl hydroperoxides generated in situ by catalytic autoxidation of hydrocarbons with dioxygen

T. Iwahama, G. Hatta, S. Sakaguchi and Y. Ishii, Chem. Commun., 2000, 163 DOI: 10.1039/A908731A

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