Convenient synthesis of chlorohydrins from epoxides using zinc oxide: Application to 5, 6??epoxysitosterol

FM Moghaddam, H Saeidian, Z Mirjafary…

Index: Moghaddam, Firouz Matloubi; Saeidian, Hamdollah; Mirjafary, Zohreh; Javan, Marjan Jebeli; Farimani, Mehdi Moridi; Seirafi, Marjan Heteroatom Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 20, # 3 p. 157 - 163

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Abstract Efficient synthesis of protected and unprotected chlorohydrins has been achieved by ring opening of epoxides with acetyl/benzoyl chloride and TMSCl using a catalytic amount of ZnO as a reusable catalyst. The applicability of ZnO is further extended by performing the cleavage of the natural product 5, 6-epoxysitosterol with acetyl chloride.© 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 20: 157–163, 2009; Published online in ...