Regiochemical control of the ring opening of 1,2-epoxides by means of chelating processes. Part 18: Regioselectivity of the opening reactions with MeOH of 1-(benzyloxy)-2,3- and -3,4-epoxyalkanes under condensed and gas phase operating conditions

Tetrahedron

Volumn 61, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 7814-7823

  Crotti, Paolo ^a   Renzi, Gabriele ^b   Roselli, Graziella ^b   Di Bussolo, Valeria ^a   Lucarelli, Laura ^b   Romano, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chelation; Epoxides; Gas phase reactions; Regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; LITHIUM ION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING OPENING;

EID: 21844473548     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.05.040     Document Type: Article

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