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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 38, 2008 - Issue 10
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SbCl3 as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Acetylation of Alcohols, Phenols, and Amines under Solvent‐Free Conditions

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Pages 1518-1526 | Received 19 Sep 2007, Published online: 24 Apr 2008
 

Abstract

Antimony trichloride has been found to be an efficient and expedient catalyst for the acylation of alcohols, phenols, amines, and sugars with acetic anhydride in high yields and in a short reaction time under solvent‐free conditions at room temperature. Also, racemization of chiral alcohols and epimerization of sugars were not observed in any of the substrates.

Acknowledgment

A. K. B. is grateful to Dr. S. Sivaram, director, NCL, Pune, India, for financial support (MLP008626) and to Dr. Ganesh Pandey, head, Division of Organic Chemistry, and Dr. M. K. Gurjar, former head, Division of Organic Chemistry, for their constant encouragement and support. M. A. D. is grateful to Department of Biotechnology, Government of India‐Third World Academy of Sciences (DBT‐TWAS), Italy for the award of a DBT‐TWAS Postgraduate Fellowship.

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