Aluminium triflate: a remarkable Lewis acid catalyst for the ring opening of epoxides by alcohols
- 17 August 2005
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
- Vol. 3 (18), 3269-3272
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b508924g
Abstract
Al(OTf)3 was found to be an extremely effective catalyst (at ppm levels) for ring opening reactions of epoxides using a range of alcohols.Keywords
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