A. Katritzky, S. Zhang, A. Hussein
Jul 18, 2001
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
Carboxylic acids are converted into the corresponding homologated acids or esters, using easily available 1-(trimethylsilylmethyl)benzotriazole (1) as a one-carbon synthon. The effectiveness of the reaction has been investigated on six aryl and seven alkyl carboxylic acids.