ChemInform Abstract: Acid‐ and Isobutylene‐Free Synthesis of t‐Butyl Ethers by in situ Formation of 2‐t‐Butoxy‐1‐methylpyridinium Triflate.

Abstract

Acid-and Isobutylene-Free Synthesis of t-Butyl Ethers by in situ Formationof 2-t-Butoxy-1-methylpyridinium Triflate. -Primary and secondary alcohols are converted into tert-butyl ethers using the title reagent generated in situ by alkylation of 2-tert-butoxypyridine. -(SALVATI, A. E.; HUBLEY, C. T.; ALBINIAK*, P. A.; Tetrahedron Lett. 55 (2014) 51, 7133-7135, http://dx.