Nickel(II) Complex Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins with Molecular Oxygen and Primary Alcohol

Abstract
In the presence of a catalytic amount of bis[1,3-di(p-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-propanedionato]nickel(II) (=Ni(dmp)2), various olefins are smoothly monooxygenated into corresponding epoxides in good yields with combined use of molecular oxygen and primary alcohol.