alkaline hydrolysis and via c u2014 c cleavage into the carboxylic acid examples but not limited to these examples of alkenes to give epoxide include cyclooctene conversions styrene 1 octene dimethylmaleate it should be noted that as persons skilled in the art will appreciate that these epoxides may be hydrolysed into trans diol groups in this regard alkenes aldehydes and alkanes are preferred substrates and it is preferred that when these substrates are oxidised they are present including isomers and enantiomers at least 90 purity this level of purity does not include the oxidative medium mn 2 o 2 ch 3 coo me 4 dtne pf 6 2 was obtained as disclosed elsewhere k o olivier et al j am chem soc 120 13104 13120 1998 bleaching of pulp with very low levels of catalyst mn 2 o 2 ch 3 coo me 4 dtne pf 6 2 softwood pulp with a starting iso brightness of 84 3 was treated as follows 1 g of oven dry pulp was added to a series of mini bottles containing various levels of catalyst 4 kg t h 2 o 2 equals to 5 9 mm h 2 o 2 and 0 5 kg t dtpmp diethylenetriaminepenta methylene phosphonic acid u2014 ex solutia trade name dequest 2066 purity is 32 the ph values were adjusted to desired level.