Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly

, Volume 140, Issue 5, pp 519–522 | Cite as

Coiodination of styrene with commercial clays: a convenient preparation of styrene oxide

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Abstract

Styrene oxide is easily prepared in 82–91% yield by the reaction of styrene with iodine/water in the presence of commercial clays, followed by in situ addition of KOH in n-hexane/water.

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Keywords

Coiodination Electrophilic addition Epoxidation Halogenation Iodohydrin 
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Acknowledgments

We thank CNPq and FAPERJ for fellowships and support and Prof. Carlos A. S. Riehl and IEN for the chemical analysis of the clays.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de QuímicaUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
  2. 2.Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de QuímicaUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil

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