Atom-economic catalytic amide synthesis from amines and carboxylic acids activated in situ with acetylenes

Amide formation is a ubiquitous reaction in organic chemistry, but suffers from the problem of generating large amounts of waste. Here, the authors report a catalytic amide synthesis by the ruthenium catalysed addition of carboxylic acids to acetylenes, followed by reaction with primary or secondary...

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Main Authors: Thilo Krause, Sabrina Baader, Benjamin Erb, Lukas J. Gooßen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11732