[tomhall15]

I am some difficulty solving this problem:

Propylene oxide (epoxypropane) is produced on an industrial scale from propylene (propene) using the reagent known as "m-CPBA" or "mCPBA": meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid).

Outline a detailed mechanism for this industrial process. No other reagents than those given are necessary. (Use electron-flow arrows to indicate the movement of electrons in the template to the left of the reaction arrow, then modify the template to the right of the reaction arrow to show the resulting product(s). Assign lone pairs, radical electrons, and atomic charges where appropriate. Do not add atoms to or remove atoms from the template.)


I have already tried this and I don't know why I got it wrong...

THANK YOU in advance!!

[MissPhosgene]

They might be expecting you to draw the transition-state?

[ooosh]

Dont draw a mechanism in one step.

[Hybrid]

it is concerted mechanism give to butterfly transition state see Prilezhaev reaction

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/prilezhaev-reaction.shtm

[orgopete]

Count your carbons.

[jake.n]

Look carefully around the peroxide oxygen.  With the arrow pushing you show, you do not create an octet around this oxygen.

So, where did your electrons go from the peroxyacid hydrogen?