KETONE-DIRECTED PERACID EPOXIDATION OF CYCLIC ALKENES

Authors
ARMSTRONG A BARSANTI PA CLARKE PA WOOD A
Citation
A. Armstrong et al., KETONE-DIRECTED PERACID EPOXIDATION OF CYCLIC ALKENES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (12), 1996, pp. 1373-1380
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I → ACNP
ISSN journal
0300922X
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1373 - 1380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-922X(1996):12<1373:KPEOCA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Ketone carbonyl groups are shown to direct the peracid epoxidation of cyclic alkenes with greater selectivity than that displayed by esters. An O-18 labelling study is used to show that a dioxirane intermediate is not involved in these reactions.