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

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1990.1661

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 the corresponding epoxides in good yields with combined use of molecular oxygen and primary alcohol.