Methanetrisulfonic Acid: A Highly Efficient Strongly Acidic Catalyst for Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement, Friedel-Crafts Alkylation and Acylation Reactions. Examples from Vitamin E Synthesis
Methanetrisulfonic acid had been prepared for the first time over 140 years ago, but it was used only scarcely in chemical transformations. In the course of our activities dealing with key-steps of industrial syntheses of vitamins, e.g. economically important vitamin E (acetate), we found that metha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Sustainability |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/1/2/161/ |