18508-59-3Relevant articles and documents
Base catalyzed sustainable synthesis of phenyl esters from carboxylic acids using diphenyl carbonate
Kreye, Oliver,Meier, Michael A. R.
, p. 53155 - 53160 (2015/06/25)
Phenyl esters were obtained in moderate to high yields by reaction of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids with one equivalent of diphenyl carbonate in the presence of catalytic amounts of tertiary amine bases, such as DBU, TBD and DMAP under neat conditions at elevated temperatures (>100°C).
Selective esterifications of alcohols and phenols through carbodiimide couplings
Shelkov, Rimma,Nahmany, Moshe,Melman, Artem
, p. 397 - 401 (2007/10/03)
Esterification of carboxylic acids capable of forming ketene intermediates upon treatment with carbodiimides permits the selective acylation of alcohols in the presence of phenols lacking strong electron-withdrawing groups. The selectivity of acylations involving highly acidic phenols could be reversed through the addition of catalytic amount of acid. Esterification of other carboxylic acids was found to proceed through the formation of symmetric anhydrides and provide the opposite chemoselectivity. In both cases the relative acylation rates of substituted phenols are consistent with a reaction mechanism involving an attack of phenolate anions on electrophilic intermediates such as ketenes and symmetric anhydrides, with the carbodiimides serving both as an activating reagent and as a basic catalyst.