Resumen de Epoxidation of Alpha-Methylstyrene and its Lewis Acid Rearrangement to 2-Phenylpropanal

David L. Garin, Melissa Gamber, Bradley J. Rowe

• This undergraduate organic lab experiment includes procedures for the peracid epoxidation of an olefin and the Lewis acid rearrangement of an epoxide to a carbonyl compound. Product mixtures and transformations can be readily analyzed by several spectroscopic techniques.