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Synthesis of chloroesters by the reaction of ethers with acyl chlorides catalyzed by ZnO

Yuqi Tang, Chengliang Feng, Wanfeng Yang, Min Ji, Wei Wang, and Junqing Chen

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

E-mail: jqchen@seu.edu.cn

Received: 16 February 2020  Accepted: 23 June 2020

Abstract:

An efficient method for the synthesis of chloroesters by the reaction of ethers with acyl chlorides catalyzed by nano-ZnO under solvent-free condition at room temperature was described. The method is compatible with a range of ethers including tricyclic ethers, tetracyclic ethers, pentacyclic ethers and hexacyclic ethers and have afforded the products with moderate to good yields. The ZnO could be reused up to three times and the product yield after three cycles is 87%.

Keywords: Chloroesters; Cyclic and acyclic ethers; Zinc oxide; Solvent-free

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-020-01267-2

Chemical Papers 75 (1) 1–8 (2021)