Tetrahedron Letters

Palladium-catalyzed electrochemical carbonylation of 2-amino-1-alkanols to oxazolidin-2-ones under very mild conditions

I Chiarotto, M Feroci

Index: Chiarotto, Isabella; Feroci, Marta Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 20 p. 3451 - 3453

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Abstract

A new procedure for an efficient synthesis of oxazolidin-2-ones was developed. 2-Amino-1- alkanols undergo oxidative carbonylation under atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide at room temperature using Pd (II) catalyst in combination with its anodic recycling at a graphite electrode.