Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 23, p. 2460-2461
DOI: 10.1039/b108352j
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A variety of cyclic and acyclic allylic alcohols undergo efficient chemo-, regio- and/or stereoselective epoxidations in neutral aqueous solutions of amphiphilic carbohydrates (sucrose, L-arabinose, methyl or ethyl beta-D-fructopyranoside) by using dilute hydrogen peroxide in the presence of molybdic or tungstic salts.