A New Simple Method for the Prepara- tion of Aryl Formates from Phenols
Imran Ali Hashmia, Willi Kantlehnera, and Ivo C. Ivanovb
aFakult¨at Chemie/Organische Chemie, Hochschule Aalen, Beethovenstraße 1, D-73430 Aalen, Germany
bDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Dunav 2, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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received January 8, 2008
Dedicated to Professor George A. Olah on the occasion of his 80thbirthday
Aryl formates are prepared in a two step one-pot procedure from phenols. Firstly the formylating reagent triformamide (1b) is generated from sodium diformamide (2) and methane- sulfonyl chloridein situ, which reacts with phenols4a–fto give aryl formates5a–fin good yields. Triformamide, pre- paredin situ, transforms anisole in the presence of aluminum chloride to theN-(diarylmethyl)formamide7.
Key words:Aryl Formates, Formylation, Hydroxyarenes