Various terminal epoxides, such as 1,2-epoxyalkanes, glycidyl ethers and glycidol, were hydrogenolyzed to give secondary alcohols with high regioselectivity using a 10% Pd/C–ethylenediamine complex as a catalyst under entirely neutral conditions.
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