Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 69-72.

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Green Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

ZHANG Aiping1,2, GAO Shuang1*, XU Jie1, XI Zuwei1, HU Xinquan3   

  1. 1 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China; 2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3 College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2009-01-25 Online:2009-01-25 Published:2012-10-17

Abstract: In the presence of H2O2, the epoxidation of α, β-unsaturated ketones cata lyzed by quaternary ammonium heteropolyphosphato-tungstate was studied. The facto rs such as different solvents, reaction temperature, catalyst amount, reaction time, and substrate concentration were investigated. Epoxidation of α , β-unsaturated ketones can be easily performed in this catalytic system. Under the optimized reaction conditions an epoxy-4-meth yl-3-penten-2-one yield of 87% was obtained.

Key words: α, β-unsaturated ketone, epoxidation, quaternary ammonium heteropolyphosphatotungstate