Convenient esterification of carboxylic acids by SN2 reaction promoted by a protic ionic-liquid system formed in situ in solvent-free conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 3248-3256

  Cardellini, Fabio ^a   Brinchi, Lucia ^a   Germani, Raimondo ^a   Tiecco, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esterification; methanesulfonate anion; nucleophilic substitution; protic ionic liquids; solvent free reaction; triethylamine

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIMETHYLIMIDAZOLIUM METHANESULFONATE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYL CHLORIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; IONIC LIQUID; MESYLIC ACID; SOLVENT; TERTIARY AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; ESTERIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84942517826     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2014.933353     Document Type: Article

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