Anhydrous Hydration of Nitriles to Amides using Aldoximes as the Water Source
Jinwoo Lee, Min Kim, Sukbok Chang* and Hee-Yoon Lee*
*Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Korea, Email: leeheeyoon
kaist.ac.kr,
sbchangkaist.ac.kr
J. Lee, M. Kim., S. Chang, H.-Y. Lee, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 5598-5601.
DOI: 10.1021/ol902309z
Abstract
The use of acetaldoxime as the water source in the presence of a Rh catalyst allows the conversion of various nitriles to amides under neutral and anhydrous conditions. The reaction displays excellent compatibility with acid or base labile and hydrolytically labile functional groups.
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ID: J54-Y2009-3600
