Issue 5, 2015

Organohalide-catalyzed dehydrative O-alkylation between alcohols: a facile etherification method for aliphatic ether synthesis

Abstract

Organohalides are found to be effective catalysts for dehydrative O-alkylation reactions between alcohols, providing selective, practical, green, and easily scalable homo- and cross-etherification methods for the preparation of useful symmetrical and unsymmetrical aliphatic ethers from the readily available alcohols. Mechanistic studies revealed that organohalides are regenerated as reactive intermediates and recycled to catalyze the reactions.

Graphical abstract: Organohalide-catalyzed dehydrative O-alkylation between alcohols: a facile etherification method for aliphatic ether synthesis

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Feb 2015
Accepted
20 Mar 2015
First published
20 Mar 2015

Green Chem., 2015,17, 2774-2779

Organohalide-catalyzed dehydrative O-alkylation between alcohols: a facile etherification method for aliphatic ether synthesis

Q. Xu, H. Xie, P. Chen, L. Yu, J. Chen and X. Hu, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 2774 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC00284B

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