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Synlett 1991; 1991(4): 248-250
DOI: 10.1055/s-1991-20695
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Regio- and Chemoselective Ring Opening of Epoxides to Bromohydrins with Dilithium Tetrabromocuprate

James A. Ciaccio* , Elizabeth Heller, Adrian Talbot
  • *Department of Chemistry, Fordham University, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
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07 March 2002 (online)

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Dilithium tetrabromocuprate, prepared from lithium bromide and copper(II) bromide, regioselectively converts functionalized epoxides (11 examples) to vicinal bromohydrins resulting from nucleophilic attack by bromide at the less substituted epoxide carbon.

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