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SUBMITTER: Al-Huniti MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3872066 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al-Huniti Mohammed H MH Lepore Salvatore D SD
Advanced synthesis & catalysis 20131001 14-15
A Ritter-like coupling reaction of cyclic alcohols and both aryl and alkyl nitriles to form amides catalyzed by copper (II) triflate is described. These reactions proceed in good yields under mild and often solvent-free conditions. With 2- and 3-substituted cycloalkanols, amide products are formed with near complete retention of configuration. This is likely due to fast nucleophilic capture of a non-planar carbocations (hyperconjomers) stabilized by ring hyperconjugation. A critical aspect of th ...[more]