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Epoxides react smoothly with thiols in the presence of 10 mol% InCl3 under very mild conditions to afford the corresponding β-hydroxy sulfides in high yields with high regioselectivity. Similar yields and selectivity are also obtained with catalytic amount of indium triflate under these reaction conditions.
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