Chemistry letters

An Eco-friendly, Convenient, and Practical Conversion of Arylamines to Oxazolidinones

H Gong, NF Yang, GJ Deng, GY Xu

Index: Gong, Hang; Yang, Nian-Fa; Deng, Guo-Jun; Xu, Guang-Yi Chemistry Letters, 2009 , vol. 38, # 6 p. 584 - 585

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Abstract

A one-step procedure for efficient synthesis of oxazolidinone only using ethylene carbonate and arylamines in the presence of 1, 4-diazabicyclo [2, 2, 2] octane (DABCO) was developed. In most cases, moderate to high yield of products were obtained. This reaction can be considered a carbon dioxide fixation reaction since ethylene carbonate was synthesized via reaction of ethylene oxide with carbon dioxide.