Samarium diiodide (SmI2) promotes the rapid acylation of t-butanol with a variety of acid chlorides under neutral conditions to afford cleanly the corresponding t-butyl esters in excellent yields. ... Keywords: acylation, samarium diiodide, t-butanol, t-butyl esters, acid chlorides ... Numerous naturally occurring as well as synthetically and biologically interesting compounds like nucleosides, carbohydrates, carbocycles, steroids etc. have hydroxyl functions as part of ...
