Gallium trichloride - Promoted highly regioselective ring opening of epoxides with NH4SCN and NaN3 in water

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1855-1865

  Chen, Xian ^a   Wu, Huayue ^a   Xu, Rong ^b   Liu, Miaochang ^a   Ding, Jinchang ^a,b   Su, Weike ^a,c  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Azidoalchols; hydroxy thiocyanates; Gallium trichloride; Ring opening; Water

Indexed keywords

1 (4 CHLOROPHENOXY) 3 THIOCYANATOPROPAN 2 OL; 1 (BENZYLOXY) 3 THIOCYANATOPROPAN 2 OL; 1 AZIDO 3 (4 CHLOROPHENOXY)PROPAN 2 OL; 1 AZIDO 3 (BENZYLOXY)PROPAN 2 OL; 1 AZIDO 3 PHENOXYPROPAN 2 OL; 1 PHENOXY 3 THIOCYANATOPROPAN 2 OL; 1 THIOCYANATODEC 9 EN 2 OL; 1 THIOCYANATOOCTAN 2 OL; 2 (4 BROMOPHENYL) 2 THIOCYANATOETHANOL; 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 THIOCYANATOETHANOL; 2 AZIDO 2 (4 BROMOPHENYL)ETHANOL; 2 AZIDO 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANOL; 2 AZIDO 2 PHENYLETHANOL; 2 PHENYL 2 THIOCYANATOETHANOL; AZIDE; BETA HYDROXY THIOCYANATE; EPOXIDE; GALLIUM CHLORIDE; GALLIUM TRICHLORIDE; SODIUM AZIDE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING OPENING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 45749107633     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910801981540     Document Type: Article

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