figuration (Figure 8). Chemoselective esterification was obtained for phenolic carboxylic acids, accompanied by a slight amount of dialkylated products.
An efficient and selective esterification of carboxylic acids with chloroformates was reported using silica- supported hexaalkyl guanidinium salt (SiO2/PBGS- iCl) (Table 18, entry 11)160 (Figure 9). Aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids, also sterically hindered, reacted with phenyl, benzyl, and 2,2,2-trichloroethyl chloroformate without solvent at 120 °C, giving the corresponding esters in high yields (Scheme 10).Methyl chloroformate was unsuccessful, as it was unstable under the reaction conditions