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Synlett 2010(14): 2093-2096
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258518
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258518
LETTER
© Georg Thieme Verlag
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Facile and Highly Efficient N-Formylation of Amines Using a Catalytic Amount of Iodine under Solvent-Free Conditions
Further Information
Received
28 May 2010
Publication Date:
22 July 2010 (online)
Publication History
Publication Date:
22 July 2010 (online)

Abstract
We developed a simple, practical, and catalytic method for the N-formylation of a wide variety of amines in the presence of molecular iodine as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions. This reaction is applicable to the chemoselective N-formylation of amino groups and α-amino acid esters without epimerization.
Key words
amine - N-formylation - formic acid - iodine catalysis - solvent-free
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