A Synthetically Useful Regioselective Epoxide Ring-Opening Procedure
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 22 (16) , 2367-2371
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919208019093
Abstract
The reaction of alcohols with epoxides in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate has been investigated and found to proceed with variable regioselectivity depending on the substituents attached to the oxirane ring.Keywords
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