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Reactivity Documentation

Anhydrides

mixed with

Epoxides

Summary

Details

Anhydrides is a reactive group.
Epoxides is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Epoxides mixed with
Anhydrides

Hazard Predictions

If the anhydride is cleaved in some way (e.g. hydrolysis or aminolysis), the resulting carboxylate can act as a nucleophile in an epoxide ring-opening reaction. This is the mechanism for the co-polymerization of epoxides with anhydrides (R. F. Fischer, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1960, 52 (4), pp 321-323).