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

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.

Keywords:

• alcohols
• amine
• BiCl₃
• phenols
• tert‐butoxycarbonylation

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.