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Facile Hydrolysis of Esters with KOH-Methanol at Ambient Temperature

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A simple, rapid, and efficient method is reported for the hydrolysis of a variety of mono- and diesters of aromatic, aliphatic, fatty, and heterocyclic acids with potassium hydroxide in methanol at ambient temperature (∼35°C).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India, , , , , , IN

    Jitender M. Khurana, Sushma Chauhan & Geeti Bansal

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Khurana, J., Chauhan, S. & Bansal, G. Facile Hydrolysis of Esters with KOH-Methanol at Ambient Temperature. Monatshefte für Chemie 135, 83–87 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-003-0114-1

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