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Al(HSO4)3 as an Efficient Catalyst for the Acetylation of Alcohols in Solution and Under Solvent Free Conditions

Monatshefte für Chemie / Chemical Monthly volume 135, pages 279–282 (2004)Cite this article

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Alcohols are acetylated in a mild, clean, and efficient reaction with acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of Al(HSO4)3 in solution and under solvent free conditions. All reactions were performed at room temperature in good to high yields.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran

    Farhad Shirini & Masoumeh Abedini

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

    Mohammad A. Zolfigol

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Shirini, F., Zolfigol, M. & Abedini, M. Al(HSO4)3 as an Efficient Catalyst for the Acetylation of Alcohols in Solution and Under Solvent Free Conditions. Monatshefte für Chemie 135, 279–282 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-003-0083-4

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  • Keywords. Acetylation; Acetic anhydride; Al(HSO4)3; Alcohols; Solvent free conditions.