Activated Basic Alumina Promotes a Mild, Clean and High-Yield Racemization-Free Synthesis of t-Butyl Esters from Chiral Acid Bromides and t-Butyl Alcohol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1994.209

Esterification of a variety of acid bromides having even steric bulkiness with t-BuOH/activated basic alumina gave the corresponding t-butyl esters in good to excellent yields.In the case of chiral acid bromides, no racemization has been ascertained for the first time.