D. Tantanak et al., ELUCIDATION OF THE MECHANISM OF ALKENE EPOXIDATION BY HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE CATALYZED BY TITANOSILICATES - A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY, Chemical communications, (9), 1998, pp. 1031-1032
Calculated transition states for alkene epoxidation by hydrogen peroxi
de, catalysed by titanosilicates, predict that it is the oxygen atom o
f the titanium(IV)-hydroperoxide intermediate closer to the metal cent
re which attacks the alkene.