Carbodiimide-promoted olefin epoxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide

G Majetich, R Hicks, G Sun, P McGill

Index: Majetich, George; Hicks, Rodgers; Sun, Guang-Ri; McGill, Patrick Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998 ,  vol. 63,  # 8  p. 2564 - 2573

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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.