Terminal epoxides are hydrogenolyzed to give secondary alcohols with high regioselectivity using the ternary catalyst system of Cp*RuCl(cod)−2-(diphenylphosphino)ethylamine ( 1a )−KOH (Cp* = η 5 -C 5 (CH 3 ) 5, cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) in 2-propanol under mild conditions.
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