CPC C25B 3/07 (2021.01) [C25B 3/03 (2021.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 3/25 (2021.01); C25B 11/042 (2021.01); C25B 11/043 (2021.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A method of making epoxides, the method comprising:
in a reactor comprising an anode and a cathode separated by an ion exchange membrane, and containing a reactant comprising a hydroxy-alkane; and a solution comprising water and halogen ions, and;
(a) applying a potential across the anode and the cathode such that a halogenated intermediate is produced at the anode as an anolyte and hydroxyl ions are produced at the cathode as a catholyte; and
(b) combining the anolyte and the catholyte to yield an epoxide.
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