A Facile and Efficient Method for Catalytic Acetylation of Alcohols with Acetic Acid

ZrCl4‐Mg(ClO4)2: Highly efficient bimetallic catalyst for acetylation of alcohol with acetic acid

“…3 Several transition metal catalysts, organocatalysts, acid catalysts, ionic liquids, zeolites, etc., have been employed in the acylation of alcohols with acetic acid. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Most of the methodologies suffer from tedious workup, lower yields, longer reaction time, and high temperature.…”

“…Industrially viable acetic acid is the best alternative reagent due to inexpensive and commercial availability 3 . Several transition metal catalysts, organocatalysts, acid catalysts, ionic liquids, zeolites, etc., have been employed in the acylation of alcohols with acetic acid 4–21 . Most of the methodologies suffer from tedious workup, lower yields, longer reaction time, and high temperature.…”