2297-14-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate as an extremely active Lewis acid catalyst in acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides and mixed anhydrides
Ishihara, Kazuaki,Kubota, Manabu,Kurihara, Hideki,Yamamoto, Hisashi
, p. 4560 - 4567 (2007/10/03)
Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate), which is commercially available, is a practical and useful Lewis acid catalyst for acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides or the esterification of alcohols by carboxylic acids in the presence of p-nitrobenzoic anhydrides. The remarkably high catalytic activity of scandium triflate can be used for assisting the acylation by acid anhydrides of not only primary alcohols but also sterically-hindered secondary or tertiary alcohols. The method presented is especially effective for selective macrolactonization of ω-hydroxy carboxylic acids.
Process for making esters
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, (2008/06/13)
Carboxylic acid esters are produced by the reaction of a carboxylic acid halide with a carbonate ester in the presence of an initiator. The reaction of a dicarboxylic acid dihalide and a bis(alkyl carbonate) ester produces a polymeric polyester.
