Epoxide ring-opening and Meinwald rearrangement reactions of epoxides catalyzed by mesoporous aluminosilicates.
Mesoporous aluminosilicates efficiently catalyze the ring-opening of epoxides to produce beta-alkoxyalcohols in high yields under extremely mild reaction conditions. These materials also catalyze the corresponding Meinwald rearrangement in non-nucleophilic solvents to give aldehydes which can be trapped in situ to provide the corresponding acetals in an efficient tandem process.
Robinson
Mathew W C
MW
School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, UK CF10 3AT.
Davies
A Matthew
AM
Buckle
Richard
R
Mabbett
Ian
I
Taylor
Stuart H
SH
Graham
Andrew E
AE