Water-promoted ortho-selective monohydroxymethylation of phenols in the NaBO 2 system

HJ Li, YY Wu, QX Wu, R Wang, CY Dai…

Index: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, , vol. 12, # 19 p. 3100 - 3107

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Abstract

... Water is a unique green solvent for chemical transformations in view of its low cost, safety ... the gap between the use of water as a reaction medium and practical green chemistry. ... and a lower reaction temperature were observed (entries 6–8). With the use of organic solvents such ...