Tetrahedron Letters

Solvent-free transesterification in a ball-mill over alumina surface

T Chatterjee, D Saha, BC Ranu

Index: Chatterjee, Tanmay; Saha, Debasree; Ranu, Brindaban C. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 32 p. 4142 - 4144

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Abstract

Transesterification is a useful reaction which has wide applications in academic as well as industrial research. Usually, methyl and ethyl esters are readily available and thus they can be used in transesterification for an easy access to higher homologues which are of much importance for certain applications. Thus, a number of procedures have been developed for this useful reaction. Traditionally, a carboxylic ester was transesterified by reaction with an alcohol in ...