Cu(II)-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of acyl C–H of formamides with -oxocarboxylic acids leading to -ketoamides

   Graphical abstract: Cu(ii)-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of acyl C–H of formamides with α-oxocarboxylic acids leading to α-ketoamides 

Cu(II)-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of acyl C–H of formamides with -oxocarboxylic acids leading to -ketoamides

Dengke Li,a   Min Wang,*a   Jie Liu,a   Qiong Zhaoa and   Lei Wang*ab  
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49(35), 3640-3642  
 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cc/c3cc41188eDOI: 10.1039/C3CC41188E
 
 
 
CuBr2-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of the acyl C–H of N-monosubstituted and N,N-disubstituted formamides with α-oxocarboxylic acids leading to α-ketoamides was developed, which generated the corresponding products in good yields.
 
 
 
Corresponding authors
a
Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, P. R. China
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b
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China

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