Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Effect of bis (acetylacetonato) copper (II) catalyst on the reaction of benzoylphenyldiazomethane with primary amines. A novel example of insertion of …

SB Singh, KN Mehrotra

Index: Singh, S. B.; Mehrotra, K. N. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 59, p. 2475 - 2478

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Abstract

Bis (acetylacetonato) copper (II) catalysed thermal decomposition of benzoylphenyldiazomethane (1) leads to the insertion of benzoylphenylcarbene into the NH bond of amines; the insertion products undergo facile air oxidation giving rise to ketoimines. The uncatalysed thermal decomposition of benzoylphenyldiazomethane yields the corresponding diphenylacetamide derivatives of amines.