To the best of my knowledge, an epoxide is the ring with two
carbons and an oxygen atom. On the carbons, there can be two other R
groups attached to each of them. Oxirane is a particular epoxide with
nothing but hydrogens attached to the carbons.
Andy Glandon
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 lwaisk@plu.edu wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> I thougt epoxides and oxiranes are the same thing. So we could
> make a secondary alcohol from an oxirane. Do I misunderstand something?
> Sandy