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Water as Reaction Medium in the Synthetic Processes Involving Epoxides

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There is much chemistry between water and epoxide. This contribution deals with the use of water in processes based on the epoxide ring opening. Reported examples highlight the role of water not as a simple substitution of the organic medium or as an exotic option to claim the greenness of a process, but also show the role of this medium for reaching the highest chemical efficiency. The peculiar properties of water have allowed to realize processes that sometimes cannot even be performed in other reaction media.

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We gratefully acknowledge the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) and the Università degli Studi di Perugia within the projects “Firb–Futuro in Ricerca” (prot. n. RBFR08TTWW and prot. n. RBFR08J78Q), PRIN 2008 for financial support.

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    Daniela Lanari, Oriana Piermatti, Ferdinando Pizzo & Luigi Vaccaro

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Lanari, D., Piermatti, O., Pizzo, F., Vaccaro, L. (2012). Water as Reaction Medium in the Synthetic Processes Involving Epoxides. In: Mohammad, A. (eds) Green Solvents I. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1712-1_7

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