EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF EPOXIDES TO 1,3-DIOXOLANES CATALYZED BY BISMUTH(III) SALTS

Abstract Epoxides react with acetone in the presence of catalytic amounts of bismuth(III) salts including BiCl3, Bi(TFA)3 and Bi(OTf)3 affording the corresponding 1,3-dioxolanes in excellent yields. ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are thankful to the Isfahan University Research Council for partial support of this work.