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

Table 2

Room-temperature NaOAc catalyzed acetylation of thiols.

Entry	RSH	RSAc	Time (min.)	Yield (%)^a
1	C6H5SH	C6H5SAc	15	96
2	4-ClC6H4SH	4-ClC6H4SAc	30	90
3	2-naphthyl-SH	2-naphthyl-SAc	45	89
4	C6H5CH2SH	C6H5CH2SAc	10	90
5	2-furyl-CH2SH	2-furyl-CH2SAc	25	92

aIsolated yield.