A high activity molybdenum containing epoxidation catalyst and its use in regioselective epoxidation of polybutadiene
Abstract
MoO2CI2[3-(diethoxyphosphinyl)camphor] is a highly active catalyst for the epoxidation of alkenes by ButOOH; for polybutadiene containing cis-1,4-trans-1,4-, and 1,2-polymerised units, very high selectivity to the backbone double bonds is observed.