Thiolysis of Alkyl- and Aryl-1,2-epoxides in Water Catalyzed by InCl3

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 344, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 379-384

  Fringuelli, Francesco ^a   Pizzo, Ferdinando ^a   Tortoioli, Simone ^a   Vaccaro, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green chemistry; InCl3; Lewis acid catalysis; Thiolysis of oxiranes; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042813214     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1615-4169(200206)344:3/4<379::AID-ADSC379>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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