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Simple and highly efficient catalyst- and waste-free ring opening of epoxides with Na2S in water

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Water was found to be a highly efficient and green catalyst and solvent for ring-opening reaction of epoxides with Na2S at room temperature to give substituted bis(hydroxyethyl)thioethers in high yields.

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Financial support of this work by the Chemistry and Chemical Research Center of Iran and Sharif University of Technology is gratefully appreciated.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11465-9516, 11365, Tehran, Iran

    Elham Akbari, Frough Ebrahimi & Mohammad R. Saidi

  2. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, P.O. 14335-186, Tehran, Iran

    Najmedin Azizi

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Azizi, N., Akbari, E., Ebrahimi, F. et al. Simple and highly efficient catalyst- and waste-free ring opening of epoxides with Na2S in water. Monatsh Chem 141, 323–326 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-010-0261-0

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