Lipase-mediated formation of peroxycarboxylic acids used in catalytic epoxidation of alkenes
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 19,p. 1301-1303
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39900001301
Abstract
Epoxidation of alkenes was achieved under extremely mild conditions by employing peroxycarboxylic acids formed continuously in situ by lipase-catalysed perhydrolysis of the corresponding carboxylic acids.Keywords
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