Australian Journal of Chemistry

Reactions of lead tetraacetate. I. Formation of acylamines from primary carboxamides

B Acott, ALJ Beckwith, A Hassanali

Index: Acott,B. et al. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1968 , vol. 21, p. 185 - 195

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

Abstract Pentanamide, when treated with lead tetraacetate in hot benzene, affords a mixture of N-butylacetamide and N, N?-dibutylurea. Examples of similar transformations of a number of primary carboxamides are described. The reaction, which may also be conducted in acetic acid or benzene-acetic acid mixture, is catalysed by pyridine. Cyclohexanecarboxamide, when oxidized by lead tetraacetate in the presence of ...