I had been reading some journal articles on the use of Oxone and dimethyldioxirane for the purpose of oxidating alkenes, and I was wondering why the DMDO reactions are always carried out in acetone as the solvent? Would it be possible to use a small amount of acetone dissolved in water or an alcohol to carry out the oxidation? I'm under the impression that DMDO reduces back to acetone after it oxidizes something, so could you use the acetone as a form of catalyst? It would be nice if you could use smaller volumes of solvent and process larger volumes of alkenes without having to worry about having too strong of a molar concentration of DMDO.
If DMDO is not soluble in water or alcohol, I guess this is out of the question. I haven't found much on it's solubilities yet.