Epoxidation of Olefins with Molecular Oxygen and Alcohol Catalyzed by Bis(2-alkyl-1,3-diketonato)oxovanadium(IV)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1990.1657

By combined use of molecular oxygen (oxidant) and secondary or primary alocohol (reductant) in the presence of a catalytic amount of bis(2-alkyl-1,3-diketonato)oxovanadium(IV) complexes, norbornene analogues are monooxygenated into the corresponding epoxides in good yields.