Magnesium Bromide Catalysed Acylation of Alcohols |
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| Authors: | Sunil V. Pansare Mahesh G. Malusare Anand N. Rai |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Organic Chemistry (Synthesis) , National Chemical Laboratory , Pune, 411 008, India |
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| Abstract: | Magnesium bromide is an efficient catalyst for the acetylation and benzoylation of a variety of primary and secondary alcohols with the respective acid anhydrides at ambient temperature. Acetylation of tertiary alcohols requires subambient temperature to suppress competing dehydration. Coordinating solvents retard the acylation process. |
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