Boric Acid Catalyzed Chemoselective Esterification of α-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids

Title
Boric Acid Catalyzed Chemoselective Esterification of α-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Houston, Todd A
Wilkinson, Brendan
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1866-6540
Email: bwilkin7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bwilkin7
Blanchfield, Joanne T
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1021/ol036123g
UNE publication id
une:23084
Abstract
Boric acid catalyzes the selective esterification of α-hydroxycarboxylic acids without causing significant esterification to occur with other carboxylic acids. The procedure is simple, high-yielding, and applicable to the esterification of α-hydroxy carboxylates in the presence of other carboxylic acids including β-hydroxyacids within the same molecule.
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Citation
Organic Letters, 6(5), p. 679-681
ISSN
1523-7052
1523-7060
Start page
679
End page
681

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