Chlorotrimethylsilane catalysed acetylation of alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919708005028

A variety of alcohols are converted into the corresponding acetates upon treatment with acetic anhydride and catalytic amount of chlorotrimethylsilane in acetonitrile (or dichloromethane).

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Chlorotrimethylsilane
Catalysed Acylation of
Alcohols1
R. Kumareswaran a , Anuradha Gupta a & Yashwant
D. Vankar a
a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India
Version of record first published: 22 Aug 2006
To cite this article: R. Kumareswaran, Anuradha Gupta & Yashwant D. Vankar (1997):
Chlorotrimethylsilane Catalysed Acylation of Alcohols1 , Synthetic Communications:
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
27:2, 277-282
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