A Facile Method for the Epoxidation of Cyclic Enone Catalyzed by tert-BuNH2 with 30% Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidant.

A Facile Method for the Epoxidation of C

A Facile Method for the Epoxidation of Cyclic Enone Catalyzed by tert-BuNH2 with 30% Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidant

✍ Xiao-Yue Ouyang; Huan-Feng Jiang; Jing-Mei Huang 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 67 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract It was found that __tert__‐BuNH~2~ is an efficient catalyst for epoxidation of __α__,__β__‐unsaturated ketones with 30% H~2~O~2~ under mild conditions. For most of the cyclic unsaturated ketones used, moderate to excellent yields (45%–93%) were obtained within 24 h period.