One reaction forms these compounds from alkenes using oxone and a fructose catalyst.
One reaction forms these compounds from alkenes using oxone and a fructose catalyst. Another reaction forms this functional group from alkyl- and aryl-substituted alkenes using a manganese-III salen-like ligand. This functional group can by synthesized by reacting ketones or aldehydes with a sulfur ylide such as trimethylsulfonium iodide. Alcohols containing this functional group in chiral form can be prepared using allylic alcohols in an enantioselective reaction. These compounds are the products of the Shi, (*) Jacobsen, Corey-Chayovsky and Sharpless reactions. A peroxyacid oxidizes an alkene to produce these compounds in a reaction named for Prilezhaev that has an intermediate "butterfly mechanism." They are produced by an intermolecular Williams synthesis, and can be "opened" to yield an alcohol. For 10 points, name these cyclic ethers with three-membered rings.
One reaction forms these compounds from alkenes using oxone and a fructose catalyst.
epoxides [or oxiranes]