Bismuth(III) Chloride-Catalyzed Highly Efficient Transesterification of β-Keto Esters

✍ Scribed by Gowravaram Sabitha; Rangavajjula Srinivas; Peddabuddi Gopal; M. Bhikshapathi; Jhillu Singh Yadav

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 103 KB
• Volume: 94
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201000113

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Bismuth(III) chloride was found to be an efficient catalyst for the transesterification of a variety of β‐keto esters with a wide range of alcohols to afford transesterified products in good to high yields in short reaction times (see Table).