Chemical Communications

A catalytic and tert-butoxide ion-mediated amidation of aldehydes with para-nitro azides

G Carbone, J Burnley, JE Moses

Index: Carbone, Giorgio; Burnley, James; Moses, John E. Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 27 p. 2759 - 2761

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Abstract

We report here a new catalytic reaction in which, para-nitro azides are acylated by aldehydes to produce amides and molecular nitrogen in a single step. The transformation is believed to proceed via an electron transfer process mediated by the tert-butoxide ion, and catalysed by a thiazolium salt derived species.

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