Tetrahedron letters

A new method for the preparation of tertiary butyl ethers and esters

A Armstrong, I Brackenridge, RFW Jackson, JM Kirk

Index: Armstrong, Alan; Brackenridge, Ian; Jackson, Richard F.W.; Kirk, Joanna M. Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 20 p. 2483 - 2486

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... T-butyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate (1), readily prepared by addition of t-butanol to trichloroacetonitrile, is an efficient reagent for the preparation of t-butyl ethers and esters in the presence of a catalytic amount of boron trifluoride etherate.