A simple method for epoxidation of olefins using sodium chlorite as an oxidant without a catalyst.
[Reaction: see text]. Sodium chlorite has been demonstrated to be capable of epoxidizing a variety of olefins at 55-65 degrees C (oil bath). Chlorine dioxide is believed to be the pivotal epoxidizing agent in the reaction on the basis of the mechanistic studies.
Geng
Xue-Li
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State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China.
Wang
Zhi
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Li
Xiao-Qiang
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Zhang
Chi
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