ConclusionFeOx-pillared clays as highly effective catalysts for the ringopening of styrene oxide were described in shorter reaction times.Styrene oxide was the model substrate and MeOH was used asa nucleophile. The optimized condition for styrene oxide ringopening with MeOH was 30 wt% FeOx-pillared bentonite to styreneoxide at 70◦C for 10 min. The reaction could be performed to furnish2-methoxy-2-phenylethanol in quantitative yield with excellentselectivity. Under the same reaction condition, FeOx-pillared ben-tonite showed better efficiency than FeOx-pillared hectorite. Thisreaction worked smoothly for a wide range of epoxides. The generalprocedure herein described can be applied to a variety of epoxidesleading in each case to the preparation of desired products in highyields.