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A new one step synthesis of maleimides by condensation of glyoxylate esters with acetamides

MM Faul, LL Winneroski, CA Krumrich

Index: Faul, Margaret M.; Winneroski, Leonard L.; Krumrich, Christine A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1999 , vol. 40, # 6 p. 1109 - 1112

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Abstract

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. ... Bisphenyl, Bisheteroaryl, indolylaryl and indolylcycloalkyl maleimides are prepared in one step and 67–99% yield by condensation of glyoxylate esters with acetamides using a 1.0 M solution of potassium tert-butoxide in THF. The mechanism of the reaction is discussed.