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Epoxide

In organic chemistry, an epoxide is a cyclic ether, where the ether forms a three-atom ring: two atoms of carbon and one atom of oxygen. This triangular structure has substantial ring strain, making epoxides highly reactive, more so than other ethers.

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Epoxide

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Triples85
Avg. degree1.98
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Epoxide

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related to Ethylene oxidation · 15
Epoxide → According, Au, C2H4O, CH, CH2, CO, CO2, H2C, H2O, Modified, O2, Only, Other, The, TS-1
related to Uses · 10
Epoxide → Benzene, Bisphenol, Epothilones, Epoxidized, Epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3, ESBO, Ethylene, It, Its, The
related to Nomenclature · 7
Epoxide → C2H4, C2H4O, However, Many, Simple, Some, Thus
related to Asymmetric epoxidations · 6
Epoxide → Chiral, Jacobsen, Prominent, Sharpless, Shi, When
related to Hydrolysis and addition of nucleophiles · 6
Epoxide → Epoxides, Lithium, Ring-opening, SN2, This, With
related to Transfer from peroxycarboxylic acids · 6
Epoxide → Illustrative, In, Peroxycarboxylic, Prilezhaev, This, Typical
related to Biosynthesis · 5
Epoxide → Arene, Epoxides, For, P450, They
related to Dehydrohalogenation and other γ eliminations · 5
Epoxide → C-halogen, C-O, Formation, Halohydrins, The
related to Nucleophilic epoxidation · 4
Epoxide → Electron-deficient, First, The, This
related to Other reactions · 4
Epoxide → An, Epoxides, Payne, Titanocene

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epoxides ethylene oxide reaction oxygen ring epoxy alkene epoxidation catalysts reactions also propylene group used mechanism alkenes give one oxidation

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Epoxideis acyclic ether0.90text
peroxidesinstance ofsuch as enones and acryl derivatives can be epoxidized using nucleophilic oxygen compounds0.80text
mCPBAinstance ofThis approach involves the oxidation of the alkene with a peroxyacid0.80text
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsChiral0.60section
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsWhen0.60section
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsProminent0.60section
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsSharpless0.60section
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsJacobsen0.60section
Epoxiderelated to Asymmetric epoxidationsShi0.60section
Epoxiderelated to BiosynthesisEpoxides0.60section
Epoxiderelated to BiosynthesisThey0.60section
Epoxiderelated to BiosynthesisP4500.60section

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