AN EFFICIENT ESTERIFICATION REACTION BETWEEN EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF FREE CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS AND ALCOHOLS BY THE COMBINED USE OF OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE AND A CATALYTIC AMOUNT OF TITANIUM(IV) CHLORIDE TRIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE)
J. Izumi et al., AN EFFICIENT ESTERIFICATION REACTION BETWEEN EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF FREE CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS AND ALCOHOLS BY THE COMBINED USE OF OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE AND A CATALYTIC AMOUNT OF TITANIUM(IV) CHLORIDE TRIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE), Chemistry Letters, (2), 1995, pp. 141-142
Various carboxylic esters are prepared in good to high yields from equ
imolar amounts of free carboxylic acids and alcohols by the combined u
se of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and a catalytic amount of TiCl(OTf)
(3).