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question regarding acetylation

SM2 - 14-11-2012 at 07:45

some recipes call for pyridine in addition to AA. Could one just use excess AA, and wait longer, or is there any alternative.

DJF90 - 14-11-2012 at 11:04

Pyridine is a nucleophilic catalyst. Imidazole might be a substitute. DMAP is a classic but likely harder to obtain than pyridine itself.