m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → (4,4-Dimethylpentyl)oxirane

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A solution of 6,6-dimethyl-1-heptene (5.33 g, 0.0423 mol) and m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (9.5 g of 85%, 0.048 mol) in dichloromethane (100 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The resulting solution was washed and aqueous sodium hydroxide (3×50 ml of 2M) and dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off at atmospheric pressure to yield (4,4-dimethylpentyl)oxirane as a residue, having the following structural characteristics:

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