Scandium(III) or lanthanide(III) triflates as recyclable catalysts for the direct acetylation of alcohols with acetic acid
Anthony G. M. Barrett* and D. Christopher Braddock
*Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine, South Kensington, London UK SW7 2AY, Email: agmb
ic.ac.uk
A. G. M. Barrett, D. C. Braddock, Chem. Commun., 1997, 351-352.
DOI: 10.39/a606484a
Abstract
Scandium(III) or lanthanide(III) triflates are found to efficiently catalyse the direct acetylation of primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols with acetic acid; the catalyst can be recovered quantitatively and re-used with no loss of activity.
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