Tertiary amines as highly efficient catalysts in the ring-opening reactions of epoxides with amines or thiols in H2O: Expeditious approach to β-amino alcohols and β-aminothioethers

Green Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 708-710

  Wu, Jie ^a,b   Xia, Hong Guang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 26844530230     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: 14639270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b509288d     Document Type: Article

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