TiO(TFA)2 or TiCl3(OTf) catalyses the efficient reaction of epoxides with acetone to give the corresponding 1,3-dioxolanes in excellent yields. The reaction of chiral styrene oxide was found to be highly stereospecific.
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Iranpoor et al. (1998) studied this question.