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Silica sulfuric acid and Al (HSO4) 3: As efficient catalysts for the formylation of alcohols by using ethyl formate under heterogeneous conditions
…, F Shirini, A Khoramabadi??Zad
Index: Zolfigol, Mohammad Ali; Chehardoli, Gholamabbas; Dehghanian, Mina; Niknam, Khodabakhsh; Shirini, Farhad; Khoramabadi-Zad, Ahmad Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 55, # 4 p. 885 - 889
Abstract A mixture of ethyl formate and a catalytic amount of silica sulfuric acid or Al (HSO 4) 3 as suitable formylating systems can formylate various alcohols to their corresponding formate ester derivatives under mild, nearly neutral and heterogeneous conditions at room temperature with good to excellent yields.
