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Ammonium nitrate: A biodegradable and efficient catalyst for the direct amidation of esters under solvent-free conditions
Ramesh, Perla,Fadnavis, Nitin W.
supporting information, p. 138 - 140 (2015/02/19)
A simple, metal-free, and environment-friendly procedure is developed for the direct conversion of esters to amides using ammonium nitrate as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions. Aryls, heteroaryls, and aliphatic esters are easily converted to the corresponding amides in excellent isolated yields (85-99%). An enantiopure ester and amine were both shown to react without racemization. The methodology has been successfully applied to preparation of procainamide.
