Abstract
A One-Pot tandem Schmidt–Ritter process for the synthesis of amides has been developed using the super acid as catalyst. The in situ generated aryl/aliphatic nitriles from the reaction of aldehydes and sodium azide in the presence of TfOH and AcOH (Schmidt reaction) react with suitable alcohol (Ritter reaction) to give the amides. For the first time we observed that during the Schmidt process N-acylimides were generated along with nitriles, interestingly these N-acylimides also participated in the Ritter reaction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4424-4427 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:GS and RD thank Central University of Rajasthan for the fellowship and SY thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-India for the financial support under Extramural Research Grant-No. 02(0200)/14/EMR-II .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- Amides
- Multicomponent reaction
- N-Acylimides
- Schmidt–Ritter reaction
- TfOH