Abstract: | Sodium iodide in acidic media has been employed for the synthesis of N-arylformamides and N-arylacetamides. The NaI/acetic acid reagent system has also been extended for the synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-diones, pyrrolo2,1-c]1,4]benzodiazepine-5,11-diones, and fused 2,1-b]quinazolinones. |