The selective acetylation of primary alcohols in the presence of secondary alcohols in carbohydrates

Surjit S. Rana; Joseph J. Barlow; Khushi L. Matta

doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)92405-0

The selective acetylation of primary alcohols in the presence of secondary alcohols in carbohydrates

Surjit S. Rana
, Joseph J. Barlow
, Khushi L. Matta

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Abstract

Treatment of primary-secondary sugar diols with ethyl acetate in the presence of Woelm neutral alumina produced selectively the corresponding primary monoacetates in good yield. No di-acetate was formed in a detectable amount.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5007-5010
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	22
Issue number	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(01)92405-0
State	Published - 1981

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The selective acetylation of primary alcohols in the presence of secondary alcohols in carbohydrates

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