title: Et4NI-catalyzed amidation of aldehydes and alcohols with ammonium salts.
abstract: An efficient method for the oxidative amidation of benzylic aldehydes or alcohols with ammonium salts has been developed for the synthesis of primary amides using Et4NI as the catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant. This amidation reaction is operationally straightforward and provides primary amides in moderate to good yields under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P.R. China. chensy@scu.edu.cn xqyu@scu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Gao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing-Ying
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shan-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D064751:Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D019789:Tetraethylammonium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000447:Aldehydes; D000577:Amides; D064751:Ammonium Compounds; D012492:Salts; D019789:Tetraethylammonium