m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 4-[2-(Oxiran-2-yl)ethoxy]benzonitrile

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mCPBA (15.9 g; 65 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 4-(4′-cyanophenoxy)but-1-ene (7.5 g; 56 mmol; prepared according to the method described in J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 9 (1992) 1145-1148) in CH2Cl2 (175 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. The reaction mixture was washed with NaHCO3 (aq.) and the organic layer separated, dried and concentrated to give the sub-title compound (7.23 g; 38 mmol).

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