A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, GSP-1, 28 Vavilova Street, Russia
Abstract:
Alkanes (or cycloalkanes) and CO in the presence of superelectrophilic systems CX4·2AlBr3 (X = Cl, Br) have been applied for the first time as equivalents of acylium salts in one-pot selective syntheses of amides from amines.