Synthesis 2019; 51(11): 2430-2434
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612415
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Green Access to α-Haloalkyl and α-Halobenzyl Esters, Versatile Intermediates for the One-Pot Two-Step Synthesis of O,O′-Diacyl Acetals Using Zinc-Based Ionic Liquid Catalyst

Authors

  • Fabienne Fache*

    a   Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France   Email: fabienne.fache@univ-lyon1.fr
  • Ignasi de Azpiazu

    a   Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France   Email: fabienne.fache@univ-lyon1.fr
  • Béatrice Pelotier

    a   Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France   Email: fabienne.fache@univ-lyon1.fr
  • Olivier Piva

    a   Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France   Email: fabienne.fache@univ-lyon1.fr
  • Christel Gozzi

    b   CPE-Lyon, Campus Lyon Tech-La Doua, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne, France

Financial support from Université Lyon 1 and CNRS are warmly acknowledged.
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Publication History

Received: 28 January 2019

Accepted after revision: 16 February 2019

Publication Date:
14 March 2019 (online)


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Abstract

α-Haloalkyl and α-halobenzyl esters have been synthesized using a zinc-based ionic liquid catalyst, BMIZnCl3. These esters can then react with acids without intermediate purification to obtain mixed O,O′-diacyl acetals in a one-pot process.

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