O-ACYLATION OF ALCOHOLS AND PHENOLS UNDER SOLVENT FREE CONDITIONS USING FULLER’S EARTH AS A CHEAP, SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN CATALYST
MANOJ A. PANDE *
Department of Chemistry, Tai Golwalkar Science College, Ramtek, District-Nagpur, 441106, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Fullers Earth was found to be an efficient solid catalyst to carry out quantitative O-acetylation of Alcohols and Phenols under solvent free conditions with acetyl chloride at ambient temperature. The catalyst can be recovered and recycled making the procedure environmentally benign.
Keywords: Acetyl chloride, alcohols, phenols, acylation, acetylation, fuller’s earth, heterogeneous catalyst, solvent free