Bismuth(III) chloride (BiCl3); An efficient catalyst for mild, regio- and stereoselective cleavage of epoxides with alcohols, acetic acid and water

Authors
Mohammadpoor-Baltork, I Tangestaninejad, S Aliyan, H Mirkhani, V
Citation
I. Mohammadpoor-baltork et al., Bismuth(III) chloride (BiCl3); An efficient catalyst for mild, regio- and stereoselective cleavage of epoxides with alcohols, acetic acid and water, SYN COMMUN, 30(13), 2000, pp. 2365-2374
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00397911 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
13
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2365 - 2374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(2000)30:13<2365:BC(AEC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Epoxides can be cleaved in a regio- and stereoselective manner with alcohol s, acetic acid and water in the presence of catalytic amounts of bismuth(II I) chloride, affording the corresponding beta-alkoxy and beta-acetoxy alcoh ols and diols in high yields.