Hydrogen Peroxide → 13-Oxabicyclo[10.1.0]tridecane

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20 mg of solid tetramethyltetraoxodirhenium (VI) (CH3)4Re2O4 were added to a 5 ml portion of the "oxidation solution" initially prepared according to B) from tertbutanol and H2O2. This immediately produced a yellow coloration. 0.15 ml of cyclododecene was then added. This caused slight heating of the solution. After 1 hour, the mixture was worked up as in Examples 1-34 and analyzed (GC/IR/MS). 99% pure epoxycyclododecane was obtained by this procedure.

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