TY - JOUR AU - Desrat, Sandy; Ducousso, Aline; Gapil, Shelly; Remeur, Camille; Roussi, Fanny TI - Methylaluminoxane (MAO)-Assisted Direct Amidation of Esters SN - 0936-5214 SN - 1437-2096 PY - 2015 JO - Synlett JF - Synlett LA - EN VL - 26 IS - 03 SP - 385 EP - 387 ET - 2014/11/27 DA - 2015/02/02 KW - amidation KW - MAO KW - esters KW - amides KW - microwave AB - Aliphatic and aromatic esters are efficiently transformed into amides in good to excellent yields, under mild conditions using methylaluminoxane (MAO). This reaction can be performed either at room temperature or by applying microwave irradiation. PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0034-1378927 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0034-1378927 ER -