Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Esterification of alcohols with 1-acylimidazole assisted by N-bromosuccinimide.

T Katsuki

Index: Katsuki,T. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1976 , vol. 49, p. 2019 - 2020

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Abstract

Treatment of 1-acylimidazoles with alcohols in the presence of N-bromosuccinimide led to the rapid formation of the corresponding esters. The carboxylic acids with less than two hydrogen atoms at their α-positions generally gave good results. Even such a hindered ester as t-butyl pivalate could be prepared by this procedure.