I don't think that you can make a secondary alcohol from oxirane
because it only has two carbons and the oxygen atom is going to be
attached to one or the other when the ring breaks. There could be a
secondary alcohol formed from an epoxide, where there can be other carbons
attached to the two that are making the three membered cyclic ether ring.
Andy Glandon
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 anderslj@plu.edu wrote:
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> Hello fellow chemistry students,
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> In section 11.7B it states that a primary alcohol is formed. Is it
> possible to form a secondary alcohol from an oxirane? I was just curious.
> If anyone has an idea please let me know. Thanks.
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> anderslj
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