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Chemoselective N-acylation of amino alcohols promoted by magnesium oxide in aqueous organic solution

DH Kim, HS Rho, JW You, JC Lee

Index: Kim, Duck-Hee; Rho, Ho-Sik; You, Jae Won; Lee, Jong Chan Tetrahedron Letters, 2002 , vol. 43, # 2 p. 277 - 279

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Abstract

Among a number of amidation methods, condensation of acid chloride with amine has been routinely employed in laboratories. Although this method is highly reactive and successful for the preparation of simple amide, the lack of chemoselectivity limits its uses for the N-acylation