Originally posted by smuv
this article may interest you.
If you plan on using the epoxide as an intermediate to form a carbonyl compound, it may behoove you to consider hydrolyzing the chlorohydrin to form
the corresponding diol.
"The styrene glycol was prepared by hydrolyzing styrene chlorohydrin with boiling aqueous sodium bicarbonate. After distillation, the crude product
was crystallized from benzene."
--Journal of the American Chemical Society, 67, 518-20; 1945 |