Ruthenium-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral and Single-Step Amide Synthesis from Alcohol and Nitrile with Complete Atom Economy
Byungjoon Kang, Zhenqian Fu and Soon Hyeok Hong*
*Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul
National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea, Email: soonhong
snu.ac.kr
B. Kang, Z. Fu, S. H. Hong, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 11704-11707.
DOI: 10.1021/ja404695t (free Supporting Information)
Abstract
In a completely atom-economical and redox-neutral catalytic amide synthesis from an alcohol and a nitrile, the amide C-N bond is efficiently formed between the nitrogen atom of nitrile and the α-carbon of alcohol, with the help of an N-heterocyclic carbene-based ruthenium catalyst, without a single byproduct.
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