Copper(II) tetrafluoroborate catalyzed ring-opening reaction of epoxides with alcohols at room temperature

José Barluenga; Henar Vázquez-Villa; Alfredo Ballesteros; José M González

doi:10.1021/ol025997k

Copper(II) tetrafluoroborate catalyzed ring-opening reaction of epoxides with alcohols at room temperature

Org Lett. 2002 Aug 22;4(17):2817-9. doi: 10.1021/ol025997k.

Authors

José Barluenga¹, Henar Vázquez-Villa, Alfredo Ballesteros, José M González

Affiliation

¹ Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles-Unidad Asociada al C.S.I.C., Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo 33071, Spain. barluenga@sauron.quimic.uniovi.es

PMID: 12182563
DOI: 10.1021/ol025997k

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Efficient ring opening of different epoxides by reaction with representative alcohols is presented. These processes were carried out at room temperature and rely on the usefulness of commercial copper tetrafluoroborate as catalyst.