The total synthesis of 8a-epi-swainsonine has been achieved in 20% overall yield from R-glyceraldehyde dimethylacetonide 3 through epoxidation with the achiral furyl-substituted sulfonium ylide 2d as one of the key steps.

An efficient and novel synthesis of (R)-rugulactone has been achieved employing Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation of allyl alcohols followed by selective hydride reduction of epoxy alcohols and olefin cross metathesis reactions.

A systematically varied series of conformationally restricted ketones, readily prepared from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, were tested against representative olefins as asymmetric epoxidation catalysts showing useful selectivities against terminal olefins and, in particular, typically difficult 2,2-disubstituted terminal olefins.

A manganese(II) acetylacetonate complex has been immobilized to the metal-organic framework IRMOF-3 through a one-step post-synthetic route for the first time, providing an effective and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for epoxidation of alkenes.

In this study, a new recoverable catalyst for the epoxidation of olefins was developed using a layered polysiloxane as a support for immobilizing  (salen) molybdenum(VI) complex by electrostatic interaction between the surface of the solid support and the electrically charged molybdenum complex. Characterization of the heterogeneous catalyst by Fourier transform infrared, XRD,1H NMR,...

The single-atom Co anchored on N-doped carbon supports with a multiscale porous structure has been successfully constructed for the epoxidation of cyclooctene 95% yield 1,2-epoxycycloheptane at 140 °C and 0.5 MPa O 2 .