Mild and Catalytic Transesterification Reaction Using K2HPO4 for the Synthesis of Methyl Esters
Tetsuro Shinada*, Makoto Hamada, Kota Miyoshi, Masato Higashino, Taiki Umezawa, Yasufumi Ohfune*
*Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138
Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan, Email: ohfunesci.osaka-cu.ac.jp,
shinada
sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp
T. Shinada, M. Hamada, K. Miyoshi, M. Higahino, T. Umezawa, Y. Ohfune, Synlett, 2010, 2141-2145.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258491
Abstract
K2HPO4 is an efficient catalyst for transesterifications to produce methyl esters. Various functional groups are tolerated under the mild reaction conditions.
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Key Words
transesterification, K2HPO4, methyl ester, catalyst
ID: J60-Y2010-2520