a Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India b Department of Chemistry, Bangalore University, Central College campus, Bangalore 560001, India
Abstract:
A new methodology has been developed for the catalytic epoxidation of cyclic vinylsilanes using a ruthenium(II) bisoxazoline complex 2 with molecular oxygen. An attempt has been made to understand the role of -SiMe3 group on the rate of epoxidation process.