Original Article
G. A. Meshram and V. D. Patil
Abstract
Copper (II) oxide efficiently catalyzes chemoselective acylation and benzoylation of alcohols, phenols and amines with stoichiometric amount of acetyl chloride and benzoyl chloride under solvent free conditions and at room temperature. The remarkable selectivity under mild and neutral conditions, short reaction time, reusable, commercially available and inexpensive catalyst, are advantages