Gregory S. Owens, M. Abu‐Omar
Oct 10, 2000
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Abstract
Alkenes and allylic alcohols have been epoxidized in an ambient-temperature ionic liquid for the first time using methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) and urea hydrogen peroxide; excellent conversions and selectivities for the epoxides of a wide number of substrates were observed.