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Predict the product formed when the compound shown below undergoes a reaction with mcpba in ch2cl2. mcpba is meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.

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Alkenes on reaction with meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA ) produces epoxides. When styrene is reacted with mCPBA it gives 2-phenyloxirane as shown below,
Predict the product formed when the compound shown below undergoes a reaction with-example-1
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