The formation of an alcohol from an epoxide requires the cleavage of a C–O bond. The resulting product regioisomer is determined by which of the C–O bonds is cleaved and is generally substrate controlled. To date there are few examples of substrates where simply changing the catalyst can reverse the regioselectivity.  Our efforts toward the use of homogeneous catalysts to control the regioselectivity of C–O bond cleavage in epoxides will be presented.<br/>

Homogeneous catalysts for the conversion of epoxides to alcohols

255th National Meeting (2018)

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