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Ln(III)trifluoromethansulfonates in CH2Cl2 efficiently catalyze the am
inolysis of trimethylene oxide, 2-octyl-, and 2-phenyloxetane, at r.t.
, to give the corresponding gamma amino alcohols in very good yields.