Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society

Efficient Methyl Esterification Using Methoxyl Silica Gel as a Novel Dehydrating Reagent

JG Li, YQ Peng

Index: Li, Jian-Guo; Peng, Yan-Qing Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 57, # 3 A p. 305 - 308

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Abstract

Abstract Methoxyl silica gel was prepared readily by the treatment of silica chloride with methanol. By using methoxyl silica gel as a dehydrating agent, carboxylic acids reacted with methanol in the presence of a protonic acid such as 12-phosphotungstic acid afforded the corresponding methyl esters in excellent yields.