SYNTHESIS OF γ-KETOAMIDES VIA NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK ON IRON TETRACARBONYL COMPLEXES OF α,β-UNSATURATED AMIDES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99673-4

Organolithium and Grignard reagents react with the readily-formed iron tetracarbonyl complexes of α,β-unsaturated amides to give γ-ketoamides in good yield via acyl transfer from the metal to the β carbon of the α,β-unsaturated amide.