A Facile Preparation of N-(Isopropoxyalkyl) Amides by Generation and Trapping of N-Acyliminium Ions from Ionization-Rearrangement Reactions of N-Triflyloxy Amides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00092a007

A series of hydroxamic acids were converted to N-triflyloxy amides which were heated in 2-propanol to give N-(1-isopropoxyalkyl) amides in high yields.The method is simple, direct, and extremely tolerant of structural diversity both in the N-acyl group, a