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HRID 129099Generated: October 25, 2026

Styrene Oxide → 2-Phenylethanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantStyrene OxideHCID 7276—
ReactantCyclohexanolHCID 7966—
ReactantCyclohexene oxideHCID 9246—
ReactantLithium pyrrolidinoborohydrideHCID 23697345—
Product2-PhenylethanolHCID 6054—

Reaction Steps

Epoxides are reduced readily with lithium pyrrolidinoborohydride. Thus, cyclohexene oxide is reduced to cyclohexanol, and styrene oxide gives predominantly 2-phenylethanol (see Reaction Sequences 7 and 8). ##STR6##

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05466798
Source datasetuspto-grants-1995_11
ORD IDord-9dc68d6112b14ab8ab778ddb9181bd0f
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_11