Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Catalytic Esterification of Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids and Transesterification Reactions with Cerium (IV) Triflate.

N Iranpoor, M Shekarriz

Index: Iranpoor, Nasser; Shekarriz, Marzieh Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1999 , vol. 72, # 3 p. 455 - 458

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Citation Number: 47

Abstract

Esterification reactions of alcohols with acetic, chloroacetic, trifluoroacetic, propionic, stearic, and benzoic acids were catalyzed with Ce (OTf) 4 in a solvent or under solvent-free conditions with high yields. The formylation and acetylation of primary and secondary alcohols were also easily achieved in ethyl formate and ethyl acetate. A high retention of the configuration was observed in the acetylation and formylation of (−)-menthol.