“…Other catalysts, such as iodine (36), N-bromosuccinimide (37), and trimethylchlorosilane/sodium iodide (38), have also been used for this transformation, but these procedures are often accompanied by longer reaction times, poor product yields, stringent conditions, good catalyst loading; require the use of toxic solvents; and so on. More recently, cobalt (II) bromide (39), SO 3 H-functionalized ionic liquids (40), ferrous methansulfonate (41), poly(N,N?-dibromo-N-ethylbenzene-1,3-disulfonamide) (42), NbCl 5 (43), SbCl 3 (44), silica-bonded S-sulfonic acid (45), and supported catalysts (46Á50) were reported for the synthesis of 1,1-diacetates.…”