Boron trifluoride etherate; highly efficient catalyst for synthesis of tert-butylamides via modified Ritter reaction in solvent free condition
محورهای موضوعی : Journal of the Iranian Chemical ResearchMasoud Mokhtary 1 , Faranak Najafizadeh 2
1 - Department of Chemistry, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box 41325-3516, Rasht, IRAN
2 - Department of Chemistry, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box 678, Amol, IRAN
کلید واژه: Modified Ritter reaction, Boron trifluoride etherate, Nitriles, tert-Butylacetate, N- tert- Butyl amides,
چکیده مقاله :
Highly efficient method for the preparation of N-tert-butyl amides by reaction of nitriles with tertbutylacetateis described using boron trifluoride etherate in solvent free condition. Selective amidation ofbenzonitrile in the presence of acetonitrile was also achieved.
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