Jitendra R. Harjani, S. Nara, M. Salunkhe
Mar 4, 2001
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloroaluminate, [BMIm] + Al 2 Cl 7 − , was used as a solvent as well as a Lewis acid catalyst in Fries rearrangement reactions of phenyl benzoates. The rate of consumption of phenyl benzoate obeyed first-order kinetics. Good yields and high selectivity are the features observed in this unconventional but interesting aprotic solvent.