Organic chemistry
Potassium carbonate: a highly efficient catalyst for the acylation of alcohols, phenols and thiols under mild conditions

Mostafa Kazemi; Homa Kohzadi; Zahra Noori

Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 1-81, Serial No. 2 , January 2014, , Pages 39-47

Abstract
  A general, mild and efficient protocol has been developed for the synthesis of esters and thioesters. The process has been taking place using tetra n-butylammonium iodide (TBAI) as a phase-transfer catalyst and in the presence of potassium carbonate (K2CO3). A wide range of esters and thioesters was ...  Read More

Potassium carbonate: a highly efficient catalyst for the acylation of alcohols, phenols and thiols under mild conditions


Organic chemistry
Dipyridine cobalt chloride as an efficient and chemoselective catalyst for the synthesis of 1,1-diacetates under solvent-free conditions

Sobhan Rezayati; Zahra Erfani; Saman Rezayati; Rahimeh Hajinasiri; Marzieh Rekavandi

Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 1-81, Serial No. 2 , January 2014, , Pages 72-81

Abstract
  1,1-Diacetates(acylals) were prepared by direct condensation of various aldehydes with acetic anhydride using dipyridine cobalt chloride (CoPy2Cl2) as an efficient and green catalyst under solvent-free conditions at room temperature. The important features of this catalyst method are that the catalyst ...  Read More

Dipyridine cobalt chloride as an efficient and chemoselective catalyst for the synthesis of 1,1-diacetates under solvent-free conditions