Lithium azidohydridodiisobutylaluminate (1), prepared as a solution in
THF from DIBAH and lithium azide at rt, transfers the azide rather th
an the hydride to the unsymmetrical epoxides regioselectively to produ
ce vic-azidoalcohols in high yields. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. Al
l rights reserved.