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Benzylation of alcohols by using bis [acetylacetonato] copper as catalyst

O Sirkecioglu, B Karliga, N Talinli

Index: Sirkecioglu, Okan; Karliga, Bekir; Talinli, Naciye Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 46 p. 8483 - 8485

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Abstract

Selective O-benzylation of primary hydroxy compounds has been achieved in the presence of bis [acetylacetonato] copper with benzyl chloride. We showed that bis [acetylacetonato] copper was very efficient in promoting the benzylation of primary aliphatic alcohols versus secondary aliphatic alcohols and phenolic hydroxy groups selectively.