Tetrahedron Letters

An efficient chemoselective etherification of phenols in polyfunctional aromatic compounds

J Pandey, M Mishra, SS Bisht, A Sharma, RP Tripathi

Index: Pandey, Jyoti; Mishra, Mridul; Bisht, Surendra Singh; Sharma, Anindra; Tripathi, Rama P. Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 4 p. 695 - 698

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Abstract

A simple and efficient chemoselective alkylation of phenols in polyfunctional aromatic compounds with different alkyl halides in the presence of K2CO3/TBAB is reported. The method is successful with various hydroxy aromatic acids or oximes possessing other functional groups.