Yttrium compounds: New catalysts for the regioselective acylative cleavage of epoxides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919408010236

The use of Cp₂YCl and YCl₃ as effective catalysts for the regioselective acylative cleavage of epoxides, especially for the conversion of α,β- epoxyketones to α-chloroenones is described.

Full text of DOI:10.1080/00397919408010236

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Yttrium Compounds: New
Catalysts for the Regioselective
Acylative Cleavage of Epoxides
Changtao Qian a & Dunming Zhu a
a Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry , Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of
Sciences , 354 Fengling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, CHINA
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Changtao Qian & Dunming Zhu (1994) Yttrium Compounds:
New Catalysts for the Regioselective Acylative Cleavage of Epoxides, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 24:15, 2203-2214, DOI: 10.1080/00397919408010236
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