Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate: a new effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of aziridines or epoxides.
Bu4NHSO4 (TBAHS) is an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of aziridines and epoxides under mild and non-metal conditions to give the corresponding beta-amino alcohols and 1,2-diols in high yields. The catalyst can be recycled.
Fan
Ren-Hua
RH
Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
Hou
Xue-Long
XL