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Highly efficient alkylation of epoxides with R3Al/H2O systems based on the double activation of epoxy oxygens
Abe, Noriko,Hanawa, Hideo,Maruoka, Keiji,Sasaki, Minoru,Miyashita, Masaaki
, p. 5369 - 5372 (1999)
Alkylation of epoxides can be effected with trialkylaluminum/water system, which is much superior to the parent trialkylaluminum. Bidentate bis(dialkyl)aluminoxanes and their hypothetical analogues seem to be active species for the double activation of epoxy substrates. Such double-activation ability is emphasized using several synthetic examples in comparison with the corresponding monodentate derivatives. The double coordination complex formation of bidentate (Me2Al)2O is characterized with THF by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.
