Tetrahedron

Anodic oxidation of N-methylformamide and N-methylacetamide

M Finkelstein, SD Ross

Index: Finkelstein,N.; Ross,S.D. Tetrahedron, 1972 , vol. 28, p. 4497 - 4502

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Abstract

The oxidation of N-methylalkylamides in alcohols was studied at platinum and carbon anodes using quaternary ammonium nitrates and fluoborates as supporting electrolytes. The most satisfactory conditions for the preparation of N-alkoxymethylalkylamides by this reaction involved the use of a platinum anode and a quaternary ammonium fluoborate. At a carbon anode, the major reaction is oxidation of the alcohol solvent to aldehyde, which is ...