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Introduction
Abstracts
(A) Direct conversion of carboxylic acids and amides into nitriles, O T3P, EtOAc
and conversion of formamides into isonitriles: C N
Meudt and co-workers6 have reported a novel method for produc- R 45–65 °C
ing nitriles and isonitriles by using dehydratation reactions with 94–96%
R = OH, ONH4, NH2
T3P. This methodology furnishes excellent yields by reacting a)
carboxylic acid amides, ammonium salts of carboxylic acids, or Me Me
carboxylic acids in the presence of ammonia or ammonium salts or O T3P, EtOAc +
b) formamides or mixtures of amines with formic acid or ethyl NH N C–
formate, with T3P. 55 °C, 97%
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reacting primary and secondary alcohols with T3P in the presence NHBoc 97 % NHBoc
of DMSO. This method is a variation of the Swern oxidation and
avoids the use of the expensive and hazardous oxalylchloride. Fur- O
T3P, 0–10 °C
thermore, this variation improves the selectivity on commercial R1 OH
DMSO, EtOAc (1:1) R1 H
scale.
R1 = Ph, CH2=CH-CH2 95–96%
(F) Acylation reactions (C–C coupling reactions): T3P was used O 1) Subst. benzoic acid, O O Cl
for mild acylation reactions on pharmacophores like 1,3-cyclo- T3P, CH2Cl2, DMAP, r.t.,
Me
hexanediones and 1-substituted 5-pyrazolols, giving moderate 4-ethylmorpholine
yields.13 2) MeCN, Et3N, r.t.,
OH OMe
O Me2C(OH)CN
53–54%
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