Glass Wool Catalysed Regioselective Isomerization of Styrene Oxides

GK Ramaswamy, A Somasundaram…

Index: Ramaswamy, Govindarajan K.; Somasundaram, Angalan; Kuppuswamy, Balasubramanian K.; Velayudham, Murugesan Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 60, # 1 p. 97 - 102

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Abstract

Abstract Glass wool is widely used as an insulating material. Here we report for the first time, the function of glass wool as a mild heterogeneous catalyst under vapor phase conditions— particularly for the rearrangement of styrene oxides including halogen-substituted styrene oxides to the corresponding phenyl acetaldehydes. Using this methodology, 4-isobutyl-α- methyl styrene oxide is smoothly converted to 4-isobutyl-α-methyl phenyl acetaldehyde ...