Epoxidation of alkenes through oxygen activation over a bifunctional CuO/Al2O3 catalyst

Nicola Scotti; Nicoletta Ravasio; Federica Zaccheria; Rinaldo Psaro; Claudio Evangelisti

doi:10.1039/C3CC37843H

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Epoxidation of alkenes through oxygen activation over a bifunctional CuO/Al₂O₃ catalyst†

Nicola Scotti,^a Nicoletta Ravasio,*^a Federica Zaccheria,^a Rinaldo Psaro^a and Claudio Evangelisti^a

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Abstract

The epoxidation of alkenes was carried out over a CuO/Al₂O₃ catalyst using cumene as an oxygen carrier, through a one-pot reaction, giving high conversion and selectivity with different substrates. Trans-β-methylstyrene gave the corresponding epoxide in 95% yield after 3 h.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC37843H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 29 Oct 2012
Accepted: 17 Jan 2013
First published: 17 Jan 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1957-1959

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Epoxidation of alkenes through oxygen activation over a bifunctional CuO/Al₂O₃ catalyst

N. Scotti, N. Ravasio, F. Zaccheria, R. Psaro and C. Evangelisti, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1957 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37843H

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