Comptes Rendus Chimie

Polystyrene-supported GaCl 3: A new, highly efficient and recyclable heterogeneous Lewis acid catalyst for acetylation and benzoylation of alcohols and phenols

A Rahmatpour

Index: Rahmatpour, Ali Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2012 , vol. 15, # 11-12 p. 1048 - 1054

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Abstract

A new, simple and highly chemoselective method for both acetylation and benzoylation of alcohols and phenols with acetic anhydride in the presence of polystyrene-supported gallium trichloride (PS/GaCl3) as a highly active and reusable heterogeneous Lewis acid