Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by [PMO12O40]3-[C5H5N+(CH2)15CH3]3

Abstract
Applicatims a Mo- and W-based heteropoly acids (HPA) as a catalyst in the oxidation of olefins have extensively been investigated1. However, a patent work is only attempted concerning the evoxidatim of olefins with H202 by HPA2) since the oxirane ring is cleaved because of a strong acidity of HPA itself. Herein, an effective epoxidatim of some allylic alcohols with H202 by a new Mo-species (MPCP), which was prepared from 12-molybdatophosphoric acid (H3PMo12040) and cetylpyridinium chloride (C5H5N (CH2), 15CH3- C1-) under two-phase conditions using chloroform as an organic solvent, is described.