New Aspects of the Nucleophilic Opening of Epoxide Rings

Abstract

The mechanism of nucleophilic opening of epoxide rings has been investigated by studying the kinetics of (i) . amine-epoxide reactions both in the absence and presence of hydroxyl-containing catalysts, () reactions of commercial epoxydiane oligomers of different molecular weights with aromatic diamines (m -phenylene diamine), and (ili) reactions of epoxides with phenols in the absence and presence of alkali.