Ct. Qian et Dm. Zhu, YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS - NEW CATALYSTS FOR THE REGIOSELECTIVE ACYLATIVE CLEAVAGE OF EPOXIDES, Synthetic communications, 24(15), 1994, pp. 2203-2214
The use of Cp2YCl and YCl3 as effective catalysts for the regioselecti
ve acylative cleavage of epoxides, especially for the conversion of al
pha,beta-epoxy-ketones to alpha-chloroenones is described.