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Epoxidation of Alpha-Methylstyrene and its Lewis Acid Rearrangement to 2-Phenylpropanal
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This undergraduate organic lab experiment includes procedures for the peracid epoxidation of an olefin and the Lewis acid rearrangement of an epoxide to a carbonyl compound. Product mixtures and transformations can be readily analyzed by several spectroscopic techniques.
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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