Transesterification of various methyl esters under mild conditions catalyzed by tetranuclear zinc cluster

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5147-5150

  Iwasaki, Takanori ^a   Maegawa, Yusuke ^a   Hayashi, Yukiko ^a   Ohshima, Takashi ^a   Mashima, Kazushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESTERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); CATALYTIC TRANSESTERIFICATION; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED SUBSTRATES; HIGH YIELD; METHYL ESTERS; MILD CONDITIONS; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION UNDER; SOLVENT FREE CONDITIONS;

ESTERIFICATION;

ACETONITRILE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; ESTER; METHYL GROUP; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; ZINC COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ESTERIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 46849106528     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo800625v     Document Type: Article

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