ChemInform Abstract: A Safe and Scalable Synthesis of 2‐Hydroxy‐3‐alkoxypropionates by Epoxide Ring Opening. Issue 47 (November 2015) - Waring, Michael J.
Abstract: Primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohol nucleophiles are employed in the magnesium triflate catalyzed ring‐opening of epoxide (I) to form the title products in moderate yields.