Chemical Communications

First Ritter-type reaction of alkylbenzenes using N-hydroxyphthalimide as a key catalyst

S Sakaguchi, T Hirabayashi, Y Ishii

Index: Sakaguchi, Satoshi; Hirabayashi, Tomotaka; Ishii, Yasutaka Chemical Communications, 2002 , # 5 p. 516 - 517

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Abstract

The first Ritter-type reaction of alkylbenzenes with nitriles has been succesfully achieved by the use of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) as a key catalyst. Thus, treatment of ethylbenzene with ammonium hexanitratocerate (IV)(CAN) in the presence of a catalytic amount of NHPI in EtCN under argon produced the corresponding amide in good selectivity.