Abstract

Tertiary amine N-oxides were used to stereospecifically epoxidize chiral unsaturated bicyclic lactams in high yields (90–99%) at room temperature. This appears to be the first reported example of tertiary amine N-oxides acting as epoxidizing agents in the absence of a metal catalyst.

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