Synthesis 2006(5): 885-889  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926340
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Remarkably Efficient Charcoal-Promoted Ring-Closing Carbonylations

Nacira Alouane, Audrey Boutier, Cyriella Baron, Emmanuel Vrancken*, Pierre Mangeney
Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique (UMR CNRS 7611), Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (FR 2769), bte 183, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Received 14 October 2005
Publication Date:
08 February 2006 (online)

Abstract

An efficient, versatile and practical gram-scale preparation of oxazolidinone, imidazolidinone and dioxolanone is achieved.

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By comparison with optical rotation values reported in the literature (see experimental section).