Epoxidation and oxidative dihydroxylation of C10–C13 unsaturated bridged hydrocarbons involving hydrogen peroxide and modified forms of heteromolybdic compounds

Abstract

Induced oxidation of C₁₀–C₁₃ tricyclic bridged olefins synthesized from C₅–C₈ cyclodiene hydrocarbons using hydrogen peroxide has been studied. It has been shown that phosphomolybdic heteropoly compounds supported on a finely divided carbon material and additionally modified with HBr and CoCO₃ or Gd₂O₃ exhibit high activity in this reaction. Depending on the conditions of the experiments, the main reaction products are the corresponding oxiranes and diols that retain the structure of the reactant hydrocarbons.