Chemoselective Methylation of Carboxylic Acids using DBU and Iodomethane
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 16 (3) , 331-335
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918608076314
Abstract
Chemoselective methylation of carboqylic acid groups in presence of alcoholic or phenolic hydrqy groups or another caboyylic acid group can be accomplished in high yields using DEU and iodomethane.Keywords
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