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Electrochemical epoxidation of alkene with high faradaic efficiencies using water as an oxygen source

Hao Bin Wu, Yousen Xu, Pengyu Guo, Yuqing Xu, Zheng Huang, Lei Zhang

Green Chemistry · 2024 · 22 citations · 44 references

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An efficient electrochemical epoxidation of alkenes catalyzed by (TMP)MnCl with water as the oxygen source is disclosed. The reaction achieved impressive faradaic efficiencies (up to 89%) for a broad range of substrates.

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