Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Isolable α-chloro amides are intermediates in the formation of ketones by basic hydrolysis of α-chloro nitriles. Possible mechanisms for the generation of ketones from α-chloro amides are discussed. ... In the present cases the reaction presumably is accelerated by the electron- ...
