De Luca Lidia, Giacomelli Giampaolo, Porcheddu Andrea
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.
Org Lett. 2002 Feb 21;4(4):553-5. doi: 10.1021/ol017168p.
[reaction: see text] Efficient conversion of alcohols and beta-amino alcohols to the corresponding chlorides (and bromides) can be carried out at room temperature in methylene chloride, using 2,4,6-trichloro[1,3,5]triazine and N,N-dimethyl formamide. This procedure can also be applied to optically active carbinols.