Yuta Sadamitsu, Akira Okumura, Kodai Saito and Tohru Yamada
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 9837-9840
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC04550C,
Communication
The combined use of an organic base for resorcinols realized a Kolbe–Schmitt type reaction under ambient conditions. When resorcinols (3-hydroxyphenol derivatives) were treated with DBU under a carbon dioxide atmosphere, nucleophilic addition to carbon dioxide proceeded to afford the corresponding salicylic acid derivatives in high yields.
