The Journal of organic chemistry

Facile and selective O-alkyl transesterification of primary carbamates with titanium (IV) alkoxides

G Shapiro, M Marzi

Index: Shapiro, Gideon; Marzi, Martin Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 62, # 21 p. 7096 - 7097

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Abstract

Transesterification reactions mediated by titanium (IV) alkoxides now constitute a powerful method in organic synthesis. This is largely due to the work of Seebach who brought the use of titanium (IV) alkoxides as catalysts for the transesterification of carboxylic acid esters to the attention of academic organic chemists some 15 years ago (Figure 1). 1 A broad range of alcohols are effective under mild, essentially neutral, transesterification conditions ...