A Simple and Effective Method for Chemoselective Esterification of Phenolic Acids

Abstract A new method for efficient and chemoselective esterification of phenolic acids in KHCO3/alkyl halide/DMF reaction system is described, by which a series of phenoic acid esters were obtained in excellent yields. Keywords: Phenolic acidschemoselective esterificationalkyl halide Acknowledgment This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20272034), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (No. 20041006).