Synthetic communications

Rapid and High??Yield Synthesis of Aryloxyacetates Under Microwave Irradiation and Phase??Transfer Catalysis Conditions

TB Wei, H Liu, ML Li, YM Zhang

Index: Wei, Tai-Bao; Liu, Hong; Li, Man-Lin; Zhang, You-Ming Synthetic Communications, 2005 , vol. 35, # 13 p. 1759 - 1764

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Abstract

Abstract A series of methyl aryloxyacetates (3a–3f) have been synthesized by the reaction of substituted phenol with methyl chloroacetate under the conditions of microwave irradiation and phase??transfer catalysis. By the optimization of the reaction conditions, we developed a