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Broensted acidic ionic liquid as an efficient catalyst for acetylation of alcohols and phenols
Hajipour, Abdol R.,Khazdooz, Leila,Ruoho, Arnold E.
, p. 398 - 403 (2009)
A novel Broensted acidic room temperature ionic liquid (1-H-3-methyl-imidazolium bisulfate) is found to catalyze efficiently the acetylation of a wide rang of alcohols as well as phenols with acetic anhydride in good to excellent yields at 50°C under solvent-free conditions. Products are easily isolated by extraction with ether and the protocol is mild and green, compared to the existing method based on toxic solvents.
