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When forming an epoxide with m-CPBA, what happens when we wash our mixture with Na2S2O4?
The m-CPBA is reduced by the $\ce{S2O4^{2-}}$, but why does it leave the mixture then?
Why does the reduced m-CPBA leave with the oxidised $\ce{S2O4^{2-}}$?
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