Abstract: Epoxide from bornylene was synthesized by epoxidation of bornylene with m-CPBA. The results showed that the optimum reaction conditions are as follows: n(bornylene)∶n(m-CPBA)1∶3, reaction temperature 20 ℃, reaction time 2.0 h. The yield, purity and m.p. of the epoxides are 53%, 91.03 % and 71.2-72.4 ℃, respectively. On the other hand, the structure of epoxy bornylene was characterized by ¹HNMR, ¹³CNMR, FT-IR and GC/MS, and the mechanism of bornylene epoxidation reaction was also discussed.

Key words: bornylene, epoxidation