The Journal of organic chemistry

Carbonylative ring opening of terminal epoxides at atmospheric pressure

SE Denmark, M Ahmad

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 72, # 25 p. 9630 - 9634

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

... Journal ... J. Org. ... We targeted the carbonylation of epoxides because the β-hydroxy ester products are useful intermediates in organic and polymer chemistry 4e,20 and thus initiated studies on the carbonylative ring opening of propylene oxide (1a) in methanol as the test reaction. ...