Facile and efficient oxidative transformation of primary alcohols to methyl esters in water using hypervalent iodine(III) reagents

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 5, 2003, Pages 723-725

  Tohma, Hirofumi ^a   Maegawa, Tomohiro ^a   Kita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Esterification; Hypervalent iodine; Oxidations; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; IODINE; METHYL GROUP; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; REAGENT; WATER;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING;

EID: 0037263591     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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