Chemistry letters

Catalyst-free gas-phase epoxidation of alkenes

T Berndt, O Böge

Index: Berndt, Torsten; Boege, Olaf Chemistry Letters, 2005 , vol. 34, # 4 p. 584 - 585

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Abstract

Butadiene, styrene, cyclohexene, allyl acetate, methyl methacrylate, and allyl alcohol were epoxidized in a gas-phase reaction in the absence of a catalyst. The applied oxidizing agent is ozone. With exception of allyl alcohol (selectivity to glycidol: 58%), the selectivity to the corresponding epoxide ranged from 88 to 97%. For acrylonitrile, there was no measureable conversion.