complexes. Moderate to good yields of 19 different ethers were
obtained starting from aromatic, aliphatic and alicyclic esters.
Clearly, this procedure can be still further improved with
respect to substrate scope and reaction conditions. Never-
theless, we believe it represents a significant step towards the
development of a general methodology for the challenging
transformation of esters into ethers.
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