Selective monomethyl esterification of dicarboxylic acids by use of monocarboxylate chemisorption on alumina

H Ogawa, T Chihara, K Taya

Index: Ogawa; Chihara; Taya Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1985 , vol. 107, # 5 p. 1365 - 1369

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Abstract

Abstract: The application of alumina as a solid support affords a new procedure for selective reactions. Although it is difficult to obtain monoesters in the esterification of dicarboxylic acids by conventional methods, dicarboxylic acids adsorbed on alumina selectively form the monoesters. Terephthalic acid (l), isophthalic acid, cis-and trans-1, 4- cyclohexanedicarboxylic acids, and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids {HO, C (CH,), CO, H; n= 3- ...