Synthetic Communications

One-Pot Esterification and Amide Formation via Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration and Ritter Reactions

P Dawar, MB Raju, RA Ramakrishna

Index: Dawar, Pankaj; Raju, M. Bagavan; Ramakrishna, Ramesha Andagar Synthetic Communications, 2014 , vol. 44, # 6 p. 836 - 846

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Abstract

Esterification of carboxylic acid is achieved using acetonitrile as a water trap. Water liberated during esterification is consumed in cyanide hydrolysis, thereby driving the esterification to completion. Substrates having carboxylic acid and nitrile groups undergo intramolecular ...