Solubilities of olefin organic substrate and oxidant ( oxone ) differ, and thus a 377x377px
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This is tolerable as preparation uses inexpensive substances : acetone, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium peroxymonosulfate ( commercially known as " oxone " ).
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The first step in the catalytic cycle reaction is the nucleophilic addition reaction of the oxone with the ketone group on the catalyst ( intermediate 1 ).
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Epoxidation of barrelene with oxone gives the trioxatrishomobarrelene which on rearrangement with boron trifluoride ( driving force : relief of strain energy ) converts into the trioxatrishomocubane:
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The hydrolysis step of the Nef reaction can also be performed with Lewis acids such as tin ( IV ) chloride and iron ( III ) chloride or oxidizing agents, such as oxone.
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Other common derivatives employed in organic synthesis include dimethyldioxirane ( DMDO ) and the more reactive methyl ( trifluoromethyl ) dioxirane, which are prepared as dilute solutions ( ~ 0.1 M ) by treatment of acetone and methyl trifluoromethyl ketone, respectively, with Oxone ( 2KHSO 5 �KHSO 4 �K 2 SO 4 ).