Eco-friendly synthesis of epichlorohydrin catalyzed by titanium silicate (TS-1) molecular sieve and hydrogen peroxide

Abstract

In a mixed solvent system of acetonitrile and methanol, titanium silicate molecular sieve, TS-1, having MFI topology, efficiently catalyses the epoxidation of allyl chloride to the corresponding epichlorohydrin in excellent yields using dilute hydrogen peroxide (45%) as an oxidizing agent.