Regiochemical Control of the Ring Opening of 1,2-Epoxides by Means of Chelating Processes. Part 14: Regioselectivity of the Opening Reactions with MeOH of Remote O-Substituted 1,2-Epoxycyclohexanes under Gas-Phase Operating Conditions

The regiochemical behavior of cyclohexene oxides bearing a remote O-functionality was determined in the gas-phase in opening reactions with MeOH, using a gaseous acid (D3+, CnH5+, Me2F+) as the promoting agent. The results obtained indicate the incursion in the opening process in the gas phase of H+(or D+)-mediated chelated bidentate species completely absent in the corresponding reactions (methanolysis) carried out in the condensed phase.