Synthesis of Ether Alcohols with Varying Catalysts

Authors

Hannah Grady, DePauw University
Frida Li, DePauw University
Jeffrey A. Hansen, DePauw UniversityFollow

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Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Fall 10-2-2019

Abstract

It has previously been found that acids and bases are effective catalysts in the opening of epoxides into ether alcohols. Our first goal for this summer was to determine which of the acids and bases available were the most effective. After figuring out which of the acids and bases are the optimal catalysts, our second goal was producing ether alcohols in the shortest amount of time with higher yields. Our final goal was to see how biologically reactive the ether alcohols we produced were.

Funding and Acknowledgements

Funding: Science Research Fellows Program

Recommended Citation

Grady, Hannah, Frida Li and Jeffrey A. Hansen. "Synthesis of Ether Alcohols with Varying Catalysts." Poster presented at the DePauw University Science Research Fellows Poster Session, Greencastle, IN, October 2019.