Synthesis 2002(2): 0203-0206
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-19803
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One-pot Conversion of t-Butyl Carbamates to Amides with Acyl Halide-Methanol Mixtures

Abdesslame Nazih*, Denis Heissler
Université Louis Pasteur et Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie, BP 296, 67008 Strasbourg, France
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Publication History

Received 13 July 2001
Publication Date:
03 August 2004 (online)

Abstract

Acyl halide-methanol mixtures are efficient reagents for the one-pot transformation of t-butyl carbamates into amides. This transformation can be carried out in the presence of a benzyloxycarbonyl group.