Mild organic ammonium tribromide-mediated regioselective ring opening of epoxides with alcohols, water, acetic anhydride, and amines under solvent-free reaction conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1829-1837

  Singhal, Sweety ^a   Jain, Suman L ^a   Sain, Bir ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM   (India)

Author keywords

Metal free; MPHT; Regioselective synthesis; Ring opening; Solid bromine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; N METHYLPYRROLIDINE 2 ONE HYDROTRIBROMIDE; NUCLEOPHILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; RING OPENING;

EID: 79955691850     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.493259     Document Type: Article

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