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Regioselective opening of an oxirane system with trifluoroacetic anhydride. A general method for the synthesis of 2-monoacyl-and 1, 3-symmetrical triacylglycerols

SD Stamatov, J Stawinski

Index: Stamatov, Stephan D.; Stawinski, Jacek Tetrahedron, 2005 , vol. 61, # 15 p. 3659 - 3669

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Abstract

A trifluoroacetic anhydride-catalyzed opening of the oxirane system of glycidyl esters with a simultaneous migration of the acyl group provides a new, efficient entry to either 2- monoacylglycerols (2-MAG) or 1, 3-symmetrical triglycerides (1, 3-STG) as potential prodrug frameworks.