Facile and highly selective conversion of nitriles to amides via indirect acid-catalyzed hydration using TFA or AcOH-H2SO4

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1926-1929

  Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha ^a   Singhal, Nidhi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; HYDRATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ACID CATALYZED HYDRATION; ALIPHATIC NITRILES; AROMATIC NITRILES; REAGENT SYSTEM;

NITRILE RESINS;

ACID; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AMIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; MESITONITRILE; NITRILE; REAGENT; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HYDRATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; SULFURIC ACIDS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 14544273218     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo048240a     Document Type: Article

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