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• 60-12-8 2-phenylethanol 
• 403-43-0 4-fluorobenzoyl chloride 
• 456-22-4 4-Fluorobenzoic acid 
• 1493-51-2 1,3-bis-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-1,3-propanedione 
• 403-42-9 1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethanone 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

A microwave-assisted highly practical chemoselective esterification and amidation of carboxylic acids

The ubiquitousness of esters and amide functionalities makes their coupling reaction one of the most sought-after organic transformations. Herein, we have described an efficient microwave-assisted synthesis of esters and amides. Soluble triphenylphosphine, in conjugation with molecular iodine, gave the desired products without the requirement for a base/catalyst. In addition, a solid-phase synthetic route is incorporated for the said conversion, which has added advantages over solution-phase pathways, such as low moisture sensitivity, easy handling, isolation of the product by simple filtration, and reusability. In short, our method is simple, mild, green, and highly chemoselective in nature.

Staudinger’s phosphazene as an efficient esterifying reagent

A new application of Staudinger’s phosphazene as an efficient esterifying reagent is reported. Staudinger’s phosphazene formed in situ by the reaction of organic mono-azide with triphenylphosphine, which is trapped by carboxylic acid, to afford amide exclusively. In contrast, interestingly the same phosphazene behaves in a different way as an efficient esterifying reagent, affording ester under a solvent-free microwave-assisted protocol wherein alcohol is added as the another component in addition to the other reactants. This discovery adds yet another new application of Staudinger’s phosphazene to synthetic chemistry.

From ketones to esters by a Cu-catalyzed highly selective C(CO)-C(alkyl) bond cleavage: Aerobic oxidation and oxygenation with air

The Cu-catalyzed aerobic oxidative esterification of simple ketones via C-C bond cleavage has been developed. Varieties of common ketones, even inactive aryl long-chain alkyl ketones, are selectively converted into esters. The reaction tolerates a wide range of alcohols, including primary and secondary alcohols, chiral alcohols with retention of the configuration, electron-deficient phenols, as well as various natural alcohols. The usage of inexpensive copper catalyst, broad substrate scope, and neutral and open air conditions make this protocol very practical. 18O labeling experiments reveal that oxygenation occurs during this transformation. Preliminary mechanism studies indicate that two novel pathways are mainly involved in this process. (Chemical Equation Presented)

Cu-catalyzed esterification reaction via aerobic oxygenation and C-C bond cleavage: An approach to α-ketoesters

The Cu-catalyzed novel aerobic oxidative esterification reaction of 1,3-diones for the synthesis of α-ketoesters has been developed. This method combines C-C σ-bond cleavage, dioxygen activation and oxidative C-H bond functionalization, as well as provides a practical, neutral, and mild synthetic approach to α-ketoesters which are important units in many biologically active compounds and useful precursors in a variety of functional group transformations. A plausible radical process is proposed on the basis of mechanistic studies.

Solubilizing agents for active or functional organic compounds

An active or functional organic compound is solubilized in a diaryl organic compound having a polar or polarizable functional group therein, as a solvent, cosolvent or additive, to form a composition thereof. Representative active or functional organic compounds include those present in personal care products, e.g., sunscreens containing UVA/UVB absorbing compounds, such as avobenzone, benzophenone-3, and 4-methylbenzylidene camphor. Such compositions also show increased SPF, UVA/UVB absorbance ratio, and critical wavelength performance properties.

p-Fluorobenzoyl Chloride for Characterization of Active Hydrogen Functional Groups by Fluorine-19 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

The base-catalyzed reactions of p-fluorobenzoyl chloride provide a convenient method for (19)F NMR analysis of alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids, amines, and thiols.The (19)F chemical shift and yield data for p-fluorobenzoyl derivatives for nearly 100 compounds are presented.The yield data for these p-fluorobenzoyl derivatives suggest a simple, and in many cases, quantitative method for introducing a fluorine tagging group.The (19)F chemical shifts indicate a wide chemical shift range (ca. 10 ppm) for a large number of compounds.Furthermore, most chemical classes (e.g., phenols, alcohols, etc.) have fairly well resolved chemical shift regions.