Research Article

Acylation of Chiral Alcohols: A Simple Procedure for Chiral GC Analysis

Table 3

Effect of the temperature on the synthesis of 1-methylhexyl acetate. Reaction conditions: 1 : 1 molar ratio acetic acid : alcohol, 24 h and no solvent.

EntryTemperature (°C)% 1-methylhexyl acetateSDTukey-Kramer*

110071.242.15A
212064.131.11B
314066.412.56B

*Tukey-Kramer pairwise differences adjustment method, = 3 .