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  • Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate: a new effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of aziridines or epoxides.

Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate: a new effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of aziridines or epoxides.

Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2003-08-21)
Ren-Hua Fan, Xue-Long Hou
PMID12926288
ABSTRACT

Bu4NHSO4 (TBAHS) is an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of aziridines and epoxides under mild and non-metal conditions to give the corresponding beta-amino alcohols and 1,2-diols in high yields. The catalyst can be recycled.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description
72453
Sigma-Aldrich
Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate solution, ~55% in H2O
86868
Sigma-Aldrich
Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate, puriss., ≥99.0% (T)
86853
Supelco
Tetrabutylammonium bisulfate, suitable for ion pair chromatography, LiChropur™, ≥99.0%