Shin-Ichi Hirashima, Tomoya Nobuta, Norihiro Tada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh
Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan.
Organic letters 2010 Aug 20A useful method for facile synthesis of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics via dimethyl acetals by aerobic photo-oxidation using inexpensive and easily handled CBr(4) as catalyst is reported. This is the first example for direct preparation of the corresponding aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics.
Shin-Ichi Hirashima, Tomoya Nobuta, Norihiro Tada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh. Direct aerobic photo-oxidative synthesis of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics via dimethyl acetals. Organic letters. 2010 Aug 20;12(16):3645-7
PMID: 20669896
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