Recent work from our group has demonstrated the use of commercially available magnesium nitride (Mg 3 N 2 ) as a convenient source of ammonia. This reagent serves to generate synthetically useful solutions of ammonia in situ through its reaction with protic solvents (Equation [¹] ). [8] So far, we have reported the amidation of esters and the Hantzsch dihydropyridine synthesis using magnesium nitride. We therefore sought to expand the scope of this reagent to ...
