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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 38, 2008 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

Facile tert‐Butoxycarbonylation of Alcohols, Phenols, and Amines using BiCl3 as a Mild and Efficient Catalyst

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Pages 177-185 | Received 26 Jul 2007, Published online: 18 Jan 2008
 

Abstract

Facile tert‐butoxycarbonylation of alcohols, phenols, and amines is described by treatment of alcohols, phenols, and amines with di‐tert‐butyl dicarbonate in the presence of a catalytic amount of bismuth(III) chloride, a mild and efficient catalyst, at room temperature in excellent yields.

Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi for financial assistance and J. S. Yadav, director of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), for his constant encouragement.

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