Solvent-free esterification of carboxylic acids and alcohols in the presence of silphos [PCl 3-n(SiO 2) n] as a heterogeneous phosphine reagent

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2299-2308

  Rao, Ambati Narasimha ^a   Ganesan, Kumaran ^a   Shinde, Chandra Kant ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohols; carboxylic acids; esterification; heterogeneous; silphos

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; REAGENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION;

EID: 84859716650     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2011.555903     Document Type: Article

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