Highly chemoselective methylation and esterification reactions with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of NaY faujasite. The case of mercaptophenols, mercaptobenzoic acids, and carboxylic acids bearing OH substituents

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1464-1470

  Selva, Maurizio ^a   Tundo, Pietro ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CHEMOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; DIMETHYL CARBONATE (DMC); O-METHOXYCARBONYLATION;

ESTERIFICATION;

2 MERCAPTOPHENOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 MERCAPTOPHENOL; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIMETHYLCARBONATE; FAUJASITE; MERCAPTOBENZOIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CARBONATE; REAGENT; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM; SOLVENT; THIOSALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CARBONYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 33644513122     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0520792     Document Type: Article

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