The Boekelheide reaction: Trifluoroacetic anhydride as a convenient acylating agent

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919508011399

2-Alkyl substituted pyridine N-oxides react with trifluoroacetic anhydride at room temperature to give selectively and with high yields the corresponding 2-(α-hydroxyalkyl)-pyridines.

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The Boekelheide Reaction:
Trifluoroacetic Anhydride
as a Convenient Acylating
Agent
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C. Fontenas , E. Bejan , H. Aït Haddou & G.
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G. A. Balavoine
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Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS
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Toulouse, Cedex, France
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1995): The Boekelheide Reaction: Trifluoroacetic Anhydride as a Convenient
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Acylating Agent, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 25:5, 629-633
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