Selective Ring-opening Reaction of Epoxides with Sodium Borohydride in the Presence of Cyclodextrins in Aqueous Media
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 19 (5) , 797-798
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1990.797
Abstract
In the presence of cyclodextrins, the ring-opening reaction of epoxides with NaBH4 in aqueous media proceeded smoothly with high regio-selectivity, and kinetic resolution of racemic epoxides was observed.Keywords
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