Synthetic communications

One??Pot Syntheses of Amides from N??Acylation of Nitroarenes with Esters Mediated by Samarium Diiodide

X Wang, H Guo, G Xie, Y Zhang

Index: Wang, Xiaoxia; Guo, Hongyun; Xie, Guanqun; Zhang, Yongmin Synthetic Communications, 2004 , vol. 34, # 16 p. 3001 - 3008

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Abstract

The preparation of amides from nitro compounds usually involves two separate steps: (1) the reduction of nitro compounds to amines; (2) the acylation of the corresponding amines with an acylating agent. Though various reducing agents can be used for the reduction of nitro compounds to amines and a number of acylating reagents are available for the acylation of amines, the preparation of amides from nitro compounds and acylating agent in a one??pot procedure is scarcely ...