The Epoxidation of Some Allylic Alcohols1, 2

ML Sassiver, J English

Index: Sassiver,M.L.; English,J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1960 , vol. 82, p. 4891 - 4895

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Abstract

Discussion The results of these experiments, limited though they are, lead to one or two interesting conclusions. The very low rate of isomerization of the olefin indicates that if the rapid initial absorption of olefin occurs through a carbonium ion intermediate, then the carbonium ion formation is not reversible. This conclusion, though seemingly contrary to the usual concepts of organic chemistry, was also forced upon Price and Berti5 by their ...