%0 Journal Article %T Highly Efficient Cobalt (II) Catalyzed O-Acylation of Alcohols and Phenols under Solvent-Free Conditions %A Shafeek A. R. Mulla %A Suleman M. Inamdar %A Mohsinkhan Y. Pathan %A Santosh S. Chavan %J Open Journal of Synthesis Theory and Applications %P 31-35 %@ 2168-1252 %D 2012 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojsta.2012.13006 %X Solvent free, highly efficient method has been developed using ecofriendly, heterogeneous reusable cobalt chloride catalyst at ambient reaction conditions for the O-acylation of various alcohols and phenols with acetyl chloride in excellent yield in a short reaction time. The catalyst is recycled several times without loss of catalytic activity. %K Acetylation %K Alcohol %K Phenol %K Acetyl Chloride %K Cobalt (II) Chloride %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=23629