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Unusual selectivity in the ring-opening of γ-valerolactone oxide by amines

  • Zahra Mazloomi
  • , Fabian Kallmeier
  • , Sarah Kirchhecker
  • , Bernhard M. Stadler
  • , Swechchha Pandey
  • , Claas Schünemann
  • , Anke Spannenberg
  • , Christian Hering-Junghans
  • , Sergey Tin
  • , Johannes G. de Vries*
  • , Eszter Baráth*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Primary and secondary amines selectively react with the lactone moiety of γ-valerolactone oxide (GVLO). Several primary amines afforded the resulting epoxyamides with an intact epoxy group. In some cases addition of two equivalents of amine resulted in additional epoxide opening to give α,γ-dihydroxy-β-amino-amides. The selective lactone-opening in GVLO was further corroborated by DFT-studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8444-8447
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume59
Issue number54
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jun 2023
Externally publishedYes

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