Simple and efficient method for acetylation of alcohols, phenols, amines, and thiols using anhydrous NiCl2 under solvent-free conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4384-4395

  Meshram, Gangadhar ^a   Patil, Vishvanath D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic anhydride; Acetylation; Anhydrous NiCl2; Solvent free

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ALCOHOL; AMINE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT FREE METHOD; TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 74549126579     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910902906529     Document Type: Article

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