title: N,N-dimethylformamide: a multipurpose building block.
abstract: Often used as a common solvent for chemical reations and utilized widely in industry as a reagent, N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) has played an important role in organic synthesis for a long time. Numerous highly useful articles and reviews discussing its utilizations have been published. With a focus on the performance of DMF as a multipurpose precursor for various units in numerous reactions, this Minireview summarizes recent developments in the employment of DMF in the fields of formylation, aminocarbonylation, amination, amidation, and cyanation, as well as its reaction with arynes.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road 38, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Shengtao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiao
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D000586:Amination; D002384:Catalysis; D004126:Dimethylformamide / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D028561:Transition Elements / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D012997:Solvents; D028561:Transition Elements; D004126:Dimethylformamide