Mercury-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Ketoximes into Amides and Lactams in Acetonitrile
Chennan Ramalingan and Yong-Tae Park*
*Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University,
Taegu 702-701, Korea, Email: ytparkknu.ac.kr
C. Ramalingan, Y.-T. Park, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 4536-4538.
DOI: 10.1021/jo070297k
Abstract
An acetonitrile solution of mercury(II) chloride catalyzes efficiently the rearrangement of a diverse range of ketoximes into their corresponding amides or lactams.
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ID: J42-Y2007-1900