Compounds of this class react with peroxyacids to form epoxides.
Compounds of this class react with peroxyacids to form epoxides. In addition, they can be reacted with mercury acetate and treated with sodium borohydride to form alcohols and ethers. They can be synthesized by dehydrating an acid and distilling the product away, and they usually follow Zaitsev's rule that the major product is the one with the more substituted bond. For 10 points, name these compounds, also called olefins, which are unsaturated hydrocarbons containing one or more double bonds.
Compounds of this class react with peroxyacids to form epoxides.
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