Boric Acid Catalyzed Chemoselective Esterification of α-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids

Author(s)
Houston, Todd A
Wilkinson, Brendan
Blanchfield, Joanne T
Publication Date
2004
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.
Citation
Organic Letters, 6(5), p. 679-681
ISSN
1523-7052
1523-7060
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22900
Language
en
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Title
Boric Acid Catalyzed Chemoselective Esterification of α-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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