Dilithium tetrachlorocuprate. A reagent for regioselective cleavage of epoxides to chlorohydrins.
β Scribed by James A. Ciaccio; Kenneth J. Addess; Thomas V. Bell
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
The title compound reacts with epoxides to selectively afford the vicinal chlorohydrin resulting from *attack by chloride at the less substituted carbon atom.
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**More than a dozen examples verify that ethers are cleaved regioselectively in very good yields by MeSiCl~3~/NaI in acetonitrile;** primary and secondary methylβ, benzylβ, tritylβ and tetrahydropyranyl ethers directly afford the primary and secondary alcohols. In the case of __tert__βalkylmethyl et