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CATALYSIS LETTERS
Volume 123, Issue 1-2, Pages 24-31Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10562-008-9410-z
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double metal cyanide (DMC); solid Lewis-acid catalyst; beta-amino alcohols; regioselective ring-opening of epoxides; single crystal X-ray structure
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A novel application of Fe-Zn double metal cyanide complexes as solid, acid catalysts for regioselective synthesis of beta-amino alcohols under solvent-free conditions via ring-opening of epoxides with amines is reported for the first time. The conversion of epoxides to beta-amino alcohols is nearly 100%. In the reaction with styrene oxide, regioselective beta-amino alcohol formation is higher with aromatic than with aliphatic amines. Strong Lewis acidic Zn(2+) ions in the catalyst are probably the active sites in this reaction.
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