A Simple Method for the Esterification of Carboxylic Acids Using Chlorosilanes

Abstract
Various carboxylic esters, including some with bulky substituents, are prepared in good yields from carboxylic acids and alcohols under mild conditions by the use of trimethylchlorosilane, dimethyldichlorosilane, methyltrichlorosilane, or tetrachlorosilane.

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