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Epoxidation of cyclooctene and 1,5-cyclooctadiene by sodium perborate oxidation

Yakup Güneş, Erdal Şenocak, Cemal Tosun and Yavuz Taşkesenligil

Org. Commun. (2009), 2:3 ; 79-83

Atatürk University, Kazim Karabekir Education Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 25240, Erzurum-Türkiye

Abstract: Sodium perborate oxidizes cyclooctene and 1,5-Cyclooctadiene to form the corresponding epoxides  in good yields under mild conditions

Keywords: Cyclooctene; 1,5-Cyclooctadiene; epoxides; sodium perborate; sodium chloride.