Convenient method for preparing benzyl ethers and esters using 2-benzyloxypyridine

• Susana S. Lopez and
• Gregory B. Dudley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 44, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.44

• these new conditions (Method A), as well as results obtained under the previously reported conditions using pre-formed pyridinium salt 1 and trifluorotoluene as the solvent (Method B, entries 2, 4, and 6). Benzylations of monoglyme (3a) and Roche ester (3b) were accomplished with similar efficiency