NEW FACILE SYNTHESIS OF α-HYDROXYAMIDES:INTERMOLECULAR AND INTRAMOLECULAR CATALYSIS IN THE REACTION OF α-HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS WITH N-SULFINYLAMINES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84412-3

α-Hydroxycarboxylic acids (1) reacted with N-sulfinylanilines (2) to give the corresponding α-hydroxyanilides (5) in quantitative yields under mild condition: the reaction appears to involve intermolecular catalysis by the carboxylic acid moiety and intra