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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2022🎓 HS🔄 Round 9#️⃣ Question 16 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

Researchers in the Jamison group at MIT are studying epoxide-opening cascades, a mechanism which has been proposed as an explanation for the structural similarities found across the ladder polyether family of natural products. A common method of producing epoxides in organic synthesis is through oxidation of a carbon-carbon double bond. Which of the following reagents can be used to convert an alkene functionality into an epoxide?

W) Potassium permanganate
X) Ozone
Y) Meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid
Z) Osmium tetroxide
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