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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Organic Chemistry Forum for Graduate Students and Professionals => Topic started by: CasualTech on December 16, 2015, 11:46:53 AM
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I was wondering if anyone had any insight into a method for regioselective epoxide opening with primary amines. My target is a beta-amino alcohol with the epoxide being the commercially available 1,2-epoxy-3-phenoxypropane. I am attempting to open up from the least hindered terminal end of the epoxide, however I am finding that primary amines show bad regioselectivity. My last resort is Boc-protection and subsequent treating with NaH, however I have read that epoxides readily undergo rearrangement to allylic alcohols under these basic conditions.
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http://www.organic-chemistry.org/synthesis/C1N/amines/betaaminoalcohols.shtm
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