Canadian journal of chemistry

A mild and efficient procedure for the conversion of aromatic carboxylic esters to secondary amides

R Arora, S Paul, R Gupta

Index: Arora, Revika; Paul, Satya; Gupta, Rajive Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2005 , vol. 83, # 8 p. 1137 - 1140

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

A mild and efficient procedure has been developed for the conversion of aromatic carboxylic esters to secondary amides using reusable Zn dust with microwave heating in the presence of N, N-dimethylformamide or conventional heating by stirring in an oil bath using THF as solvent. Zn dust can be reused several times after simple washing with dil. HCl and distilled water. Key words: aromatic carboxylic esters, aromatic primary amines, secondary amides ...