Efficient and Rapid Solvent-Free Acetylation of Alcohols, Phenols, and Thiols Using Catalytic Amounts of Sodium Acetate Trihydrate

Table 1

Room-temperature NaOAc catalyzed acetylation of alcohols and phenols.

Entry	Alcohol	Product	Time (min.)	Yield (%)^a
1			20	92
2			20	97
3			15	96
4			20	98
5			10	91
6			10	95
7			10	98
8			10	96
9			10	98
10			10	88
11			10	88
12			20	91
13			10	96
14			35	96
15			15	96
16			20	94
17			70	90
18			55	91
19			10	95
20			18	95
21			10	98
22			15	97
23			15	98
24			20	98
25			25	97
26			10	98

aIsolated yield.