title: Microencapsulated VO(acac)2: preparation and use in allylic alcohol epoxidation.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. Microencapsulated VO(acac)2 [MC-VO(acac)2] has been prepared and screened with success as a catalyst for the epoxidation of allylic alcohols using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The reactions are run in hexane at room temperature. The MC-VO(acac)2 is reusable without significant loss of activity.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Salerno, Via S. Allende, I- 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lattanzi
authors.forename: Nicholas E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Leadbeater