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Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1605 - 1609, DOI: 10.1039/b913052g

Glycerol-based solvents as green reaction media in epoxidations with hydrogen peroxide catalysed by bis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-diphenyl] diselenide

Héctor García-Marín, John C. van der Toorn, José A. Mayoral, José I. García and Isabel W. C. E. Arends

A family of glycerol-based solvents, consisting of eighteen 1,3-dialkoxy-2-propanols and 1,2,3-trialkoxypropanes, both symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted at terminal positions, has been tested as new solvents in cyclooctene epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide, using a diselenide catalyst, but also without a catalyst. A quantitative relationship between the reactivity and solvent polarity properties has been developed through statistical linear regression analyses, and the predictive ability of the resulting equation has been demonstrated.

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