A Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Procedure for the Conversion of 2-Methoxyethoxymethyl Ethers to Carboxylic Esters
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 17 (15) , 1749-1760
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918708077318
Abstract
A procedure for the conversion of 2-methoxy-ethoxymethyl (MEM) ethers to carboxylic esters employed ferric chloride (0.4 equivalents) and a carboxylic anhydride (14 equivalents) and exhibited selectivity for the MEM ether functionality in the presence of benzyl ethers.Keywords
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