m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → HCID 23081614, compound

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m-Chloroperbenzoic acid (213 g, 861 mmol) was gradually added to a solution of 2-methoxymethoxymethyl-3-methyl-l-butene (89 g, 615 mmol) in methylene chloride (800 ml) while cooling in an ice-bath, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was washed with 10% potassium sulfide aqueous solution and sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution, dried over sodium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 2-isopropyl-2-methoxymethoxymethyloxirane (98 g, quantitative) as a colorless oil.

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