• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.881-888
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• 2004

By applying a catalytic amount of indium trichloride, regioselective ring-opening of epoxides to ${\beta}$-hydroxy ethers was established. While the alcoholysis of styrene oxides produed $S_N1$-type product, the alcoholysis of ${\alpha}$-heteroatom-substituted epoxides predominantly produced $S_N2$-type product.