EPOXIDATION OF TERMINAL OR ELECTRON-DEFICIENT OLEFINS WITH H2O2, CATALYZED BY MN-TRIMETHYLTRIAZACYCLONANE COMPLEXES IN THE PRESENCE OF AN OXALATE BUFFER

Authors
DEVOS DE SELS BF REYNAERS M RAO YVS JACOBS PA
Citation
De. Devos et al., EPOXIDATION OF TERMINAL OR ELECTRON-DEFICIENT OLEFINS WITH H2O2, CATALYZED BY MN-TRIMETHYLTRIAZACYCLONANE COMPLEXES IN THE PRESENCE OF AN OXALATE BUFFER, Tetrahedron letters, 39(20), 1998, pp. 3221-3224
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
20
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3221 - 3224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:20<3221:EOTOEO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A catalytic amount of an oxalate/oxalic acid buffer strongly enhances the catalytic properties of Mn-tmtacn complexes for epoxidation reacti ons with H2O2. Especially terminal olefins are easily epoxidized. Yiel ds for e.g. allyl acetate or 1-hexene reach up to 99% and 65% on olefi n and peroxide basis respectively. The reaction is stereospecific; the re are no products of solvolysis. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All r ights reserved.