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Kinetics of Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones in Methanol Medium
Rama Rao, D. Sri
, p. 786 - 789 (2007/10/02)
The kinetics of epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones by alkaline H2O2 in methanol in the temperature range 25-40 deg C has been studied.The addition follows second order kinetics.The results indicate that the concentration of NaOH has a significant effect on the reactivity.The effect of various substituents in these reactions show that electron-releasing groups attached to the β-carbon atom in the olefin diminish the rate and electron-attracting groups enhance it.The oxidative cleavage of a few substituted epoxychalkones by hydroperoxide anion has also been studied in methanol at 30 deg C.Adherence to second order kinetics is excellent in every case and the rates are slower than those of the corresponding chalkones.The stability of epoxides depends on the substituents; electron-releasing groups diminish the rate and electron-attracting groups enhance it as observed in the case of epoxidation.The reaction obeys the Arrhenius equation and the respective activation parameters have been calculated.The effect of solvent polarity on the rate of epoxidation has been studied.The differences in the rates in methanol and water as solvents have been explained on the basis of solvent-solute interaction.
