Direct Catalytic Formation of Primary and Tertiary Amides from Non??Activated Carboxylic Acids, Employing Carbamates as Amine Source

…, H Lundberg, H Adolfsson

Index: Tinnis, Fredrik; Lundberg, Helena; Adolfsson, Hans Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2012 , vol. 354, # 13 p. 2531 - 2536

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Abstract

Abstract The operationally simple titanium (IV)-or zirconium (IV)-catalyzed direct amidation of non-activated carboxylic acids with ammonium carbamates generates primary, and tertiary N, N-dimethyl-substituted amides in good to excellent yields.