Carbon Tetrabromide: An Efficient Catalyst for Regioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides with Alcohols and Water

Abstract

Epoxides undergo rapid ring opening with a range of alcohols in the presence of catalytic amount of carbon tetrabromide under mild and convenient conditions to afford the corresponding β-alkoxy alcohols and 1,2-diols in high yields with high regioselectivity.

Keywords

epoxides - carbon tetrabromide - alcohols - β-hydroxy ethers

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