A new titanium–silica catalyst for the epoxidation of non-functionalized alkenes and allylic alcohols

JM Fraile, JI García, JA Mayoral…

Index: Fraile, Jose M.; Garcia, Jose I.; Mayoral, Jose A.; Menorval, Louis C. de; Rachdi, Ferid Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 5 p. 539 - 540

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Abstract

Silica treated with Ti (OPri) 4 is an efficient catalyst for the tert-butyl hydroperoxide epoxidation of nonfunctionalized alkenes and allylic alcohols at room temperature; the reactivity of the olefinic substrate depends on the structure, which allows the selective epoxidation of compounds containing different types of double bonds; 1H and 13C CP-MAS NMR shows the presence of isopropoxide groups in the catalyst.