Epoxidation of Olefms with Molecular Oxygen and Alcohol Catalyzed by Bis(2-alkyl-1,3-diketonato)oxovanadium(IV)

Abstract
By combined use of molecular oxygen (oxidant) and secondary or primary alcohol (reductant) in the presence of a catalytic amount of bis(2-alkyl-1,3-diketonato)oxovanadium(IV) complexes, norbornene analogues are monooxygenated into the corresponding epoxides in good yields.