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Molecular mechanism of alkene epoxidation: A model study with 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene on Ag(111)

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On chlorine-promoted Ag(111) oxygen adatoms selectively oxidise 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene (DMB) to the corresponding epoxide with very high selectivity providing direct verification of the mechanism advanced earlier for alkene epoxidation over single crystal silver and silver catalysts.

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  1. Cezary Mukoid

    Present address: Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis, Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, England

    Cezary Mukoid, Steven Hawker, Jas Pal S. Badyal & Richard M. Lambert

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Mukoid, C., Hawker, S., Badyal, J.P.S. et al. Molecular mechanism of alkene epoxidation: A model study with 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene on Ag(111). Catal Lett 4, 57–61 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00764871

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