Palladium on carbon–bromobenzene mediated esterification and transesterification

SK Aavula, A Chikkulapalli, N Hanumanthappa…

Index: Aavula, Sanjeev Kumar; Chikkulapalli, Anil; Hanumanthappa; Jyothi, Indira; Vinod Kumar; Manjunatha, Sulur G. Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 42 p. 5690 - 5694

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Abstract

Abstract A series of carboxylic acids were converted into their corresponding esters using the Pd/C catalyzed hydrogenation conditions in the presence of catalytic bromobenzene in alcohols and the method could also be applicable for the transesterification of esters. Good to excellent yields were obtained for different aliphatic or aromatic starting materials. The success of this esterification relies on the in situ generation of hydrobromic acid (HBr) from ...