Highly selective amidation of benzylic alcohols with nitriles. A modified ritter reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919408012637

Benzyl alcohols react selectively with different nitriles in the presence of a catalytic amount of boron trifluoride and produce amides in high yields. Deactivated p-nitrobenzyl, allylic, primary, secondary, and tertiary saturated alcohols do not react.

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Highly Selective Amidation of
Benzylic Alcohols with Nitriles.
A Modified Ritter Reaction
H. Firouzabadi a , A. R. Sardarian a & H. Badparva a
a Chemistry Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz,
Iran
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To cite this article: H. Firouzabadi , A. R. Sardarian & H. Badparva (1994): Highly
Selective Amidation of Benzylic Alcohols with Nitriles. A Modified Ritter Reaction,
Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 24:5, 601-607
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