CARBODIIMIDE-PROMOTED OLEFIN EPOXIDATION WITH AQUEOUS HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE

Authors
MAJETICH G HICKS R SUN GR MCGILL P
Citation
G. Majetich et al., CARBODIIMIDE-PROMOTED OLEFIN EPOXIDATION WITH AQUEOUS HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE, Journal of organic chemistry, 63(8), 1998, pp. 2564-2573
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of organic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223263
Volume
63
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2564 - 2573
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3263(1998)63:8<2564:COEWAH>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Commercially available carbodiimides in hydroxylic solvents containing hydrogen peroxide with mildly basic or acidic catalysts have been fou nd to promote the epoxidation of olefins. A commercially available 30% aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide serves as the oxidant for this process. The presumed reactive species is a peroxyisourea generated in situ by the addition of hydrogen peroxide to the carbodiimide.