Synthesis, Table of Contents PAPER © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York FeCl3·6H2O as a Versatile Catalyst for the Esterification of Steroid Alcohols with Fatty Acids Kenichi Komura, Akiyoshi Ozaki, Noboru Ieda, Yoshihiro Sugi*Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, JapanFax: +81(58)2932597; e-Mail: ysugi@gifu-u.ac.jp; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract FeCl3˙6H2O is an active catalyst for the esterification of some steroid alcohols with fatty acids under azeotropic reflux in mesitylene as solvent. Key words esterification - esters - steroids - multivalent metal salts - FeCl3×6H2O - fatty acids - cholesterol Full Text References References 1 Kubo K. Takahashi H. Takeuchi H. J. Oleo Sci. 2006, 55: 545 2 Srivastava AK. Monohar R. Shukla JP. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2006, 454: 627 3 Bunjes H. Rades T. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 2005, 57: 807 4 Ginsburg GS. Atkinson D. Small DM. Prog. Lipid Res. 1985, 23: 135 5 Benz G. In Comprehensive Organic Syntheses Vol. 6: Trost RM. Fleming I. Pergamon; Oxford: 1991. Chap. 2.3. p.381-417 6 Otera J. Esterification Methods, Reactions and Applications Wiley-VCH; Weinheim: 2003. 7a Hao X. Yoshida A. Nishikido J. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45: 781 7b Ishihara K. Ohara S. Yamanmoto H. Science 2000, 290: 1140 7c Ishihara K. Nakayama K. Ohara S. Yamamoto H. Tetrahedron 2002, 58: 8179 7d Bartoli G. Boeglin J. Bosco M. Locatelli M. Massaccessi M. Melchiorre P. Sambri L. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347: 33 7e Maki T. Ishihara K. Yamamoto H. Tetrahedron 2007, 63: 8645 7f Sakakura A. Nakarawa S. Ishihara K. Nat. Protoc. 2007, 2: 1746 7g Wakasugi K. Misaki T. Yamada K. Tanabe Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41: 5249 7h Funatomi T. Wakasugi K. Misaki T. Tanabe Y. Green Chem. 2006, 8: 1022 8a Mantri K. Komura K. Sugi Y. Synthesis 2005, 1939 8b Mantri K. Komura K. Sugi Y. Green Chem. 2005, 7: 677 8c Mantri K. Nakamura R. Komura K. Sugi Y. Chem. Lett. 2005, 34: 1502 8d Mantri K. Nakamura R. Miyata Y. Komura K. Sugi Y. Mater. Sci. Forum 2007, 539-543: 2317 8e Nakamura R. Komura K. Sugi Y. Catal. Commun. 2008, 9: 511