Epoxide, a cyclic ether, can be used to obtain important alcohols, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional polymers. This transformation is facilitated by the reductive ring opening of epoxide.

Epoxide ring-opening reactions may seem straightforward, but altering between acidic and basic conditions completely changes which carbon gets attacked. Basic conditions favor nucleophilic attack at ...

Epoxides belong to a class of organic compounds called “cyclic ethers” that are characterized by a three-atom ring. They are readily available compounds found in medicinal and agrochemical agents, as ...