Unravelling the mechanism, chemo- and stereospecifity in the epoxidation reaction of valencene

Ali Barhoumi, Ali BARHOUMI, M. El Alaoui Belghiti, M. El Idrissi, A. Zeroual
2020
The epoxidation of valencene by m-CPBA has been investigated within the DFT at the B3LYP/6-311(d,p) computational level. The chemo- and stereoisomeric reaction paths involving the two C=C double bonds of valencene have been analyzed. DFT computations account for the high chemospecifity involving the endo-double bond and the high stereospecifity, in total agreement with the experimental outcome. An ELF examination of epoxidation shows that the establishment of the two new single C-O bonds is a little asynchronous.
doi:10.48422/imist.prsm/ajees-v6i2.20908 fatcat:gaicqzwx2nfkbi6vrpg2ltrlku