Reaction of dicarbonates with carboxylic acids catalyzed by weak Lewis acids: General method for the synthesis of anhydrides and esters

Synthesis

Volumn , Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3489-3496

  Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Bosco, Marcella ^a   Carlone, Armando ^a   Dalpozzo, Renato ^b   Marcantoni, Enrico ^c   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a   Sambri, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhydrides; Esters; Lewis acids; Magnesium salts; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRIDES; DICARBONATES; LEWIS ACIDS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALCOHOLS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESTERS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBONATES;

2 BROMOETHYL 3 PHENYLPROPANOATE; 3 METHYL 2 BUTENYL 3 PHENYLPROPANOATE; 3 PHENYLPROPIONIC ANHYDRIDE; 4 CHLOROPHENYL 3 HEXENOATE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIALKYL DICARBONATE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 6 (ACETYLAMINO)HEXANOATE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PHENOL; PHENYL LEVULINATE; TERT BUTYL 3 CYCLOHEXYLPROPANOATE; TERT BUTYL 5 HEXYNOATE; TERT BUTYL 7 OXOOCTANOATE; TERT BUTYL 8 BROMOOCTANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 36749015612     PISSN: 00397881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990812     Document Type: Article

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