Microwave-Accelerated Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones with Urea- Hydrogen Peroxide

Title: Microwave-Accelerated Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones with Urea- Hydrogen Peroxide

Volume: 1 Issue: 1

Author(s): Alcindo A. dos Santos, Edison P. Wendler, Francisco de A. Marques and Fabio Simonelli

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Keywords: unsaturated ketones, urea-hydrogen peroxide, epoxidation, microwave irradiation

Abstract: The reaction time needed to perform the epoxidation of several α, β-unsaturated ketones with ureahydrogen peroxide were substantially reduced by means of microwave irradiation. This environmental friendly protocol showed to be very useful, especially to effect the epoxidation of sterically hindered substrates.

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dos Santos A. Alcindo, Wendler P. Edison, Marques A. Francisco de and Simonelli Fabio, Microwave-Accelerated Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones with Urea- Hydrogen Peroxide, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2004; 1 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178043488824