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Highly Regioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides with Thiols Catalyzed by SbCl3 Under Solvent-Free Conditions |
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| Authors: | Dadkhoda Ghazanfari Mohammed M Hashemi Mohammad Reza Akhgar Mohammad Mehdi Foroughi Fariba Najafi-Zadeh |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry , Islamic Azad University , Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran;2. Department of Chemistry , Sharif University of Technology , Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract: | The ring-opening reaction of epoxides with thiols by SbCl 3 supported on Kieselguhr under solvent-free conditions, afforded high yields of β-hydroxy sulfides. Nucleophilic attack of the thiols occurs regioselectively at the less hindered side of the epoxides. |
| Keywords: | β-hydroxysulfides epoxides ring opening SbCl3 solvent-free reaction thiols |