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Synthesis of chlorohydrins

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Highly regioselective ring opening of epoxides to halohydrins has been carried out in impressive yields with hydrogen and lithium halides in presence of β-cyclodextrin using water as solvent.
M. Arjun Reddy, K. Surendra, N. Bhanumathi, K. Rama Rao, Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 6003-6008.


The preparation of diverse β-chloroethers, β-chloroacetates, and chlorohydrins is efficiently achieved under mild conditions by reaction of alkenes with trichloroisocyanuric acid in alcohols, acetic acid or aqueous acetone, respectively.
G. Fonseca Mendonça, A. Manzolillo Sanseverino, M. C. S. de Mattos, Synthesis, 2003, 45-48.


G. Fonseca Mendonça, A. Manzolillo Sanseverino, M. C. S. de Mattos, Synthesis, 2003, 45-48.