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Aluminium triflate: an efficient recyclable Lewis acid catalyst for the aminolysis of epoxides

DBG Williams, M Lawton

Index: Williams, D. Bradley G.; Lawton, Michelle Tetrahedron Letters, 2006 , vol. 47, # 37 p. 6557 - 6560

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Citation Number: 63

Abstract

Epoxides are powerful starting materials for a range of useful materials and can be converted into, amongst others, amino alcohols. In this work, a range of epoxides was ring- opened using various alkyl-and arylamines under the action of aluminium triflate as a catalyst. This catalyst was found to be highly active, producing the desired amino alcohol products in high yields with low catalyst loadings. Additionally, it was shown that the ...