Rapid ring-opening reactions of epoxides using microwave irradiation

Christian Torborg; David D. Hughes; Richard Buckle; Mathew W. C. Robinson; Mark C. Bagley; Andrew E. Graham

doi:10.1080/00397910701738982

Rapid ring-opening reactions of epoxides using microwave irradiation

Christian Torborg, David D. Hughes, Richard Buckle, Mathew W. C. Robinson, Mark C. Bagley, Andrew E. Graham^*

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Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science

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Abstract

Copper tetrafluoroborate catalyzes the ring-opening of epoxides with primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols in short reaction times under microwave irradiation to give β-alkoxyalcohol products in excellent yields.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-211
Number of pages	7
Journal	Synthetic Communications
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00397910701738982
Publication status	Published - Jan 2008

Keywords

β-alkoxyalcohols
Copper tetrafluoroborate
Microwave irradiation

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10 Citations
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Solid Lewis and Brønsted Acids and Their Application as Environmentally Benign Catalysts
Robinson, M., 2008
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Rapid ring-opening reactions of epoxides using microwave irradiation

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Solid Lewis and Brønsted Acids and Their Application as Environmentally Benign Catalysts

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