Michael Butters

Acetylation of aromatic ethers using acetic anhydride over solid acid catalysts in a solvent-free system. Scope of the reaction for substituted ethers

Keith Smith, Gamal A. El‐Hiti, Anthony J. Jayne et al. · Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2003 · 75 citations

Chemical Engineering, Aryl Ethers, Acetic Anhydride +11

Highly<i>para</i>-Selective Mono-Chlorination of Aromatic Compounds Under Mild Conditions by<i>t</i>-Butyl Hypochlorite in the Presence of Zeolites

Keith Smith, Michael Butters, Barry Nay · Synthesis · 1985 · 54 citations

Zeolite X, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering +8

Para-selective mononitration of alkylbenzenes under mild conditions by use of benzoyl nitrate in the presence of a zeolite catalyst

Keith Smith, Karl B. Fry, Michael Butters et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1989 · 48 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Catalysis +9

The Discovery and Process Development of a Commercial Route to the Water Soluble Prodrug, Fosfluconazole

Arthur F. Bentley, Michael Butters, Stuart P. Green et al. · Organic Process Research & Development · 2001 · 40 citations

Pharmaceutical Science, Bioorganic Chemistry, Process Development +18

New Reagent Systems for Electrophilic Chlorination of Aromatic Compounds: Organic Chlorine-Containing Compounds in the Presence of Silica

Keith Smith, Michael Butters, Walter E. Paget et al. · Synthesis · 1985 · 30 citations

Chemical Engineering, Organic Chlorine-containing Compounds, Engineering +9