Combining AlCl3· 6H2O and an ionic liquid to prepare chlorohydrin esters from glycerol

…, M Oromí Farrús, J Eras i Joli…

Index: Villorbina, Gemma; Tomas, Albert; Escriba, Marc; Oromi-Farrus, Mireia; Eras, Jordi; Balcells, Merce; Canela, Ramon Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 23 p. 2828 - 2830

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Abstract

Abstract We describe here the first example in which glycerol has been transformed into chlorohydrin esters using an ionic liquid and hydrated aluminium chloride. The method avoids using Crown-18 ether, which was needed to obtain a similar yield when KCl was used. Alkyl and aryl acids can be used, although yields are very dependent on the carboxylic acid used.