Abstract

Simply by adding pyridine ligands and using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as stoichiometric oxidant the methyltrioxorhenium (MTO)-catalyzed epoxidation becomes a simple, chemoselective, and highly efficient reaction, as exemplified below. A wide variety of functional groups is tolerated, and the epoxides are obtained in high yield in a short time with low catalyst loading.

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