An Effective Chemoselective Esterification of Hydroxybenzoic Acids in Ionic Liquid Promoted by KF

Title: An Effective Chemoselective Esterification of Hydroxybenzoic Acids in Ionic Liquid Promoted by KF

Volume: 3 Issue: 3

Author(s): Lucia Brinchi, Raimondo Germani, Gianfranco Savelli and Daniele Biondini

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Keywords: nucleophilic substitution, hydroxybenzoic acids, esterification, potassium fluoride, Ionic liquids

Abstract: Ionic liquid based on the 1,3-dimethylimidazolium methanesulfonate has been used as efficient medium for the chemoselective synthesis of benzylic, allylic and phenacylic esters of hydroxybenzoic acids using KF as promoting base.

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Brinchi Lucia, Germani Raimondo, Savelli Gianfranco and Biondini Daniele, An Effective Chemoselective Esterification of Hydroxybenzoic Acids in Ionic Liquid Promoted by KF, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006; 3 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017806775789813