Tritylation of a cis-trans Mixture of 4-t-Butylcyclohexanols – DMAP as Catalyst
S.K. Chaudhary and O. Hernandez, Tetrahedron Lett., 95, (1979)
A mixture of 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, triphenylmethylchloride, and DMAP in dichloromethane
are stirred and heated under reflux for 24 hours
to give a 97:3 mixture of the tritylethers (70% conversion).
