Issue 9, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Palladium(ii) chloride catalyzed selective acetylation of alcohols with vinyl acetate†

J. W. J. Boscoa  and  Anil K. Saikia*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
E-mail: asaikia@iitg.ernet.in
Fax: +91 361 2690762

Abstract

PdCl2 can catalyze the acetylation of primary and secondary alcohols with vinyl acetate. The reaction is selective and mild with high yields. Tertiary alcohols, phenols and amines are unaffected under these reaction conditions.

Graphical abstract: Palladium(ii) chloride catalyzed selective acetylation of alcohols with vinyl acetate

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B401218F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Jan 2004
Accepted
08 Mar 2004
First published
05 Apr 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 1116-1117

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J. W. J. Bosco and A. K. Saikia, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1116 DOI: 10.1039/B401218F

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