Metal–organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the regioselective ring opening of epoxides

A Dhakshinamoorthy, M Alvaro…

Index: Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi; Alvaro, Mercedes; Garcia, Hermenegildo Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 28 p. 8530 - 8536

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Abstract An iron-based metal–organic framework,[Fe (BTC)](BTC: 1, 3, 5- benzenetricarboxylate) is an efficient catalyst in the ring opening of styrene oxide with alcohols and aniline under mild reaction conditions. Out of the various alcohols tested for ring opening of styrene oxide, methanol was found to be the most reactive in terms of percentage conversion and reactivity. The rate of the ring-opening reaction of styrene ...