A Simple, Convenient and Expeditious Route to Methyl Esters of Carboxylic Acids by Thionyl Chloride-Methanol

Tapasi Chatterjee and Subhagata Chattopadhyay*

Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata- 700 032 (India)

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ABSTRACT:

A simple, convenient and expeditious preparation of methyl esters of carboxylic acids by thionyl chloride and methanol has been described.

KEYWORDS:

Methyl esters of carboxylic acids; Thionyl chloride; methanol

ISSN Print: 0970-020X
ISSN Online: 2231-5039

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