Conversion of amides to esters by the nickel-catalysed activation of amide C-N bonds

Nature

Volumn 524, Issue 7563, 2015, Pages 79-83

  Hie, Liana ^a   Fine Nathel, Noah F ^a   Shah, Tejas K ^a   Baker, Emma L ^a   Hong, Xin ^a   Yang, Yun Fang ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Garg, Neil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBON; ESTER; NICKEL; NITROGEN; NUCLEOPHILE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYL BENZOATE;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; CARBON; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; AMIDES; BENZAMIDES; BENZOATES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; ESTERS; NICKEL; NITROGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84938787051     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14615     Document Type: Article

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