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Bismuth (III) salts as convenient and efficient catalysts for the selective acetylation and benzoylation of alcohols and phenols

I Mohammadpoor-Baltork, H Aliyan, AR Khosropour

Index: Mohammadpoor-Baltork, Iraj; Aliyan, Hamid; Reza Khosropour, Ahmad Tetrahedron, 2001 , vol. 57, # 27 p. 5851 - 5854

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Abstract

Efficient acetylation and benzoylation of alcohols and phenols with acetic and benzoic anhydrides have been carried out under catalysis of bismuth (III) salts including BiCl3, Bi (TFA) 3 and Bi (OTf) 3. Selective acetylation and benzoylation of alcohols in the presence of phenols is an additional advantage of this procedure.