A rapid and facile esterification of na-carboxylates with alkyl halides promoted by the synergy of the combined use of DMSO and an ionic liquid under ambient conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3522-3527

  Dighe, Satish N ^a   Bhattad, Ravindra V ^a   Kulkarni, Raghunath R ^a   Jain, Kishor S ^a   Srinivasan, Kumar V ^a  

^a SINHGAD COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Acyl halide; alkyl halide; DMSO; esterification; ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HALIDE; IONIC LIQUID; SODIUM CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTERIFICATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149440438     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903457357     Document Type: Article

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