Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Vol.73, No.4, 341-344, 1998
A highly regioselective catalyst of epichlorohydrin acidolysis
The effect of the catalytic system on the course of addition of carboxylic acids to epichlorohydrin was studied. A high regioselectivity of addition was observed in the presence of chromium(III) acetate. The regioselectivity improved with the size of the carboxylic acid molecule.