title: Efficient ring-opening reaction of epoxides and aziridines promoted by tributylphosphine in water.
abstract: Tributylphosphine was found to be an effective promoting reagent for the ring-opening reaction of various epoxides and aziridines with nucleophile to produce corresponding anti-bifunctional products in moderate to excellent yields in water.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Ren-Hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xue-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Hou