“…8,9 Generally, they are synthesized from acetic anhydride and aldehydes using strong protonic acids, 6,10,11 Lewis acids, 2,12-14 heterogeneous catalysts, 15,16 and supported reagents. 17,18 Other catalysts, such as iodine, 19 copper p-toluene-sulfonate/HOAc, 20 and 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, 21 have also been used for this transformation, but these procedures are often accompanied by longer reaction times, poor product yields, stringent conditions, good catalyst loading; require the use of toxic solvents; and so on. More recently, supported catalysts, 22,23 silica-bonded S-sulfonic acid, 24 poly(N,N'dibromo-N-ethylbenzene-1,3-disulfonamide), 25 ferrous methansulfonate, 26 cobalt(II) bromide, 27 and SO 3 Hfunctionalized ionic liquids, 28 were reported for the synthesis of 1,1-diacetates.…”