Pd/C(en)-catalyzed regioselective hydrogenolysis of terminal epoxides to secondary alcohols

1 January 1999

journal article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

No. 11,p. 1041-1042
https://doi.org/10.1039/a902213i

Abstract

Various terminal epoxides, such as 1,2-epoxyalkanes, glycidyl ethers and glycidol, were hydrogenolyzed to give secondary alcohols with high regioselectivity using a 10% Pd/C–ethylenediamine complex as a catalyst under entirely neutral conditions.

Keywords

PD/C
HYDROGENOLYSIS
REGIOSELECTIVITY
ETHYLENEDIAMINE
GIVE
NEUTRAL
EPOXYALKANES
GLYCIDOL
ETHERS

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