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Carbodiimide-Promoted Olefin Epoxidation with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide(,)
George Majetich1, Rodgers Hicks, Guang-ri Sun Gr
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|October 24, 2001
Abstract:
Commercially available carbodiimides in hydroxylic solvents containing hydrogen peroxide with mildly basic or acidic catalysts have been found 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.