Unusual and unexpected reactivity of t-butyl dicarbonate (Boc2O) with alcohols in the presence of magnesium perchlorate. A new and general route to t-butyl ethers

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-430

  Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Bosco, Marcella ^a   Locatelli, Manuela ^a   Marcantoni, Enrico ^a,b   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a   Sambri, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; BUTANE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE; SODIUM IODIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DEPROTECTION REACTION; ENERGY YIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 13844271414     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047704o     Document Type: Article

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