Finding the right balance between tertiary amine steric effect and solvent polarity for the regioselectivity and kinetics of epichlorohydrin acetolysis

The asymmetric oxirane ring‐opening reaction leading to the formation of regioisomeric chlorohydrin esters was studied in the reaction series “acetic acid–epichlorohydrin–tetrahydrofuran (nitrobenzene)–trialkylamine” by kinetic methods and FT‐IR spectroscopy. The effect of solvent polarity and the s...

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