Convenient One-Pot Conversion of Alcohols into Esters via Hemiacetal Intermediates
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1988 (10) , 790-792
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1988-27708
Abstract
A simple and efficient one-pot oxidative procedure, adaptable to a large scale, is described for the preparation of methyl esters from either primary alcohols or vic-diols. The aldehyde is generated by Swern or periodate oxidation, followed by bromine oxidation of the methyl hemiacetal formed in aqueous methanolic solution.Keywords
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