Well, for starters, I would like to say it's great to be back, as I have not had internet access in over 6 months, but I am taking advantage of this opportunity to swing by a cyber cafe I happened to run by. Anyhow, here is some scant details of a dream I've had about 6 times in 6 weeks.
ISO will provide more details sooner, but is unprepared at the moment.
40% peracetic acid was prepared(i.e. 4moles h2o2 to 10moles acetic acid)and 6ml sulfuric acid was added per 300g acetic acid. And allowed to MAGNETICALLY STIR(necessary) for no less than 72 hours. At this point, it was dripped into an amount of iso-alkene that would amount to a ~1.4 to 1 molar ratio of h2o2 to iso-alkene. no icebath, no chilling of reagents. The iso-alkene was dissolved in twice it's volume of dichloroethane(because it was readily available, dcm would work fine) and a 1:1 molar ratio of NaHCO3(less can probably be used, but this amount works)and a little water to facilitate better stirring. A lot of effervesence occured, but the reaction was not very exothermic. Reaction was performed in a 2 litre erlenmeyer flask. No condenser was used. Drip in the peracetic as slow or fast as one wants, just be careful not to bubble over. After 24 hours of stirring, layers were allowed to seperate, and the bottom layer tapped off, top layer extracted once with a small amount of dce. DCE was vac distilled to give a QUANTITATIVE yield of the epoxide. The usual amount of 15% H2SO4 was used for 2 hours with 75-80C temp, to yield ~80% MDP2P after vac distillation. Amination positive, product confirmed active. ISO will attempt to make his way back to a computer soon, with the details of a trial reaction handy this time. BTW, disreguard this post if someone else has come up with the same synthesis in ISO's 6 month absense from the hive.