European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Iron??Catalyzed One??Pot Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes

XF Wu, C Darcel

Index: Wu, Xiao-Feng; Darcel, Christophe European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , # 8 p. 1144 - 1147

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Citation Number: 44

Abstract

Abstract A highly efficient, mild, and simple protocol for Fe (ClO 4) 3· xH 2 O-catalyzed oxidative esterification of aldehydes was developed. Several aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes reacted with simple primary and secondary alcohols, used as the solvent, smoothly in the presence of an iron salt catalyst (10 mol-%) and hydroperoxide (4 equiv.) as an oxidant to generate the corresponding esters in good to excellent yields.(© Wiley-VCH ...