Effect of Temperature and Reaction Time on the Synthesis of Butadiene Monoepoxide Using Iron Complex as an Efficient Catalyst

Abstract

at -10 ℃ with low catalyst loadings by using commercially available peracetic acid as an oxidant. The main aspect of our study is to investigate the effect of temperature (from -10 to -40 ℃) and time on the epoxidation reaction. The epoxidation reaction was fast and almost completed within 5 min at temperatures above -20 ℃, whereas it became slow at temperatures below -20 ℃. The yield of butadiene monoepoxide (BMO)increased with increasing the reaction time. Generally, when the more butadiene was used, the higher yield was obtained. The highest yield of BMO was 90%.