A facile, rapid and solvent-flee method for the conversion of acids and dihalomethane to the corresponding methylene diesters (acylals) using microwave as activators or assistor, is reported. This method is particul...A facile, rapid and solvent-flee method for the conversion of acids and dihalomethane to the corresponding methylene diesters (acylals) using microwave as activators or assistor, is reported. This method is particularly powerful for the diesterification of carboxylic acids, which afford methylene diesters in good to excellent yields (up to 〉99%). When the intermediate is trapped, a "double successive SN2 reactions" mechanism is proved.展开更多
文摘A facile, rapid and solvent-flee method for the conversion of acids and dihalomethane to the corresponding methylene diesters (acylals) using microwave as activators or assistor, is reported. This method is particularly powerful for the diesterification of carboxylic acids, which afford methylene diesters in good to excellent yields (up to 〉99%). When the intermediate is trapped, a "double successive SN2 reactions" mechanism is proved.