D. Aitken, L. Rees, C. Suckling
Dec 16, 1986
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract 2-(Chloromethoxy)ethyl acetate reacts with alcohols in the presence of silver carbonate to produce 2-(alkoxymethoxy)ethyl acetates and bis(alkoxy)methanes. A mechanism which involves neighbouring group participation of a chloromethyl ether oxygen atom is proposed to account for the formation of the latter products.