A Microwave-Accelerated Esterification of α,β-Unsaturated Acids with Alkyl or Aryl Carbonochloridate and Triethylamine in Acetonitrile as a Novel Esterifying Reagent Mixture

✍ Scribed by Vinod Pathania; Anuj Sharma; Arun K. Sinha

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 69 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200590058

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of α,β‐unsaturated esters by treatment of the corresponding acids with alkyl or aryl carbonochloridate, triethylamine, and acetonitrile was accomplished for the first time under microwave irradiation for 10 min. The esters 1b–24b were isolated in 71–97% yield.