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SCIENCE
Volume 290, Issue 5494, Pages 1140-1142Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5494.1140
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In order to promote atom efficiency in synthesis and to avoid the generation of environmental waste, the use of stoichiometric amounts of condensing reagents OF excess substrates should be avoided. In esterification, excesses of either carboxylic acids or alcohols are normally needed. We show that the direct condensation of equimolar amounts of carboxylic acids and alcohols can be achieved with the use of hafnium(IV) salts, such as commercially available hafnium(IV) chloride and hafnium(IV) tert-butoxide. The present method can be applied to direct polyesterification and may be suitable for large-scale operations.
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