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Epoxidation of Olefins with Elemental Fluorine in Water/Acetonitrile Mixtures
Author(s) -
Rozen Shlomo,
Brand Michael
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198605541
Subject(s) - acetonitrile , reagent , chemistry , fluorine , double bond , organic chemistry , alkene , medicinal chemistry , catalysis
Not fluorinated compounds but rather epoxides are formed in good yields from alkenes with the reagent F 2 /MeCN/H 2 O. Both alkenes with a terminal double bond, which are especially sensitive to oxidation, and enones react smoothly.