What does epoxidation reactions of olefins entail?
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Sep 16, 2017
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Explanation:
And in general epoxidation results in the formation of a 3-membered heterocyclic ring from an olefin....
The reagent normally used to prepare the epoxide is
Sharpless oxidation won for its inventor Barry Sharpless, a Nobel prize in 2001.