Esterification of carboxylic acids by benzyl chloride using quaternary ammonium salts

  • Jihad Dakka*
  • , Yoel Sasson
  • , Kamal Khawaled
  • , Georges Bram
  • , André Loupy
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The nucleophilicity of aliphatic carboxylic acids is enhanced in the presence of quaternary ammonium catalysts; benzyl chloride is esterified directly, e.g., by acetic acid in the absence of a base.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)853-854
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

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