

Zinc dust: An extremely active and reusable catalyst in acylation of phenols, thiophenol, amines and alcohols in a solvent-free system
Mohamed Afzal Pasha (1,*)



(1) Department of Studies in Chemistry, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, IN-560001, India
(2) Department of Studies in Chemistry, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, IN-560001, India
(3) Department of Studies in Chemistry, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, IN-560001, India
(*) Corresponding Author
Received: 04 May 2010 | Revised: 04 Nov 2010 | Accepted: 04 Sep 2010 | Published: 23 Dec 2010 | Issue Date: December 2010
Abstract
A trace amount of zinc dust is able to promote instantaneous quantitative acylation of a large variety of functionalized phenols, thiophenol, amines and alcohols with acyl chlorides under solvent-free condition at 25 °C. The catalyst can be recovered and recycled making the procedure potentially useful for industrial applications.
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