M. Chini et al., REGIOCHEMICAL CONTROL OF THE RING-OPENING OF 1,2-EPOXIDES BY MEANS OFCHELATING PROCESSES .6. OPENING REACTIONS OF 3,4-EPOXYTETRAHYDROPYRAN, Tetrahedron, 50(4), 1994, pp. 1261-1274
The regiochemical control of the ring opening of epoxides bearing pola
r remote functionalities, through chelation process assisted by metal
ions, was verified in the title compound (4). The use of metal assiste
d procedures is several ring opening reactions of 4 leads to a modific
ation of the regiochemical outcome, and the attack of the nucleophile
on the C-4 oxirane carbon is highly favored.