Chemical properties of epoxide​

Epoxides, also called oxiranes, have a three-membered ring structure with one oxygen and two carbon atoms.

Epoxides can be formed from alkenes by reaction with peroxy acids (MCPBA for example).

Epoxides can be formed from halohydrin molecules by reaction with a base, which causes an intramolecular Williamson ether synthesis.

Explanation:

Epoxide, cyclic ether with a three-membered ring. The basic structure of an epoxide contains an oxygen atom attached to two adjacent carbon atoms of a hydrocarbon. The strain of the three-membered ring makes an epoxide much more reactive than a typical acyclic ether.