Issue 32, 2009
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Chemical Communications

New catalytic properties of iron complexes: dehydration of amides to nitriles†

Shaolin Zhou,a   Daniele Addis,a   Shoubhik Das,a   Kathrin Jungea  and  Matthias Beller*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, Rostock, Germany
E-mail: matthias.beller@catalysis.de
Fax: +49 381-1281-5000

Abstract

Various iron carbonyl clusters such as Fe2(CO)9 or [Et3NH][HFe3(CO)11] are shown to catalyze the dehydration of amides into the corresponding nitriles in the presence of silanes in high yields; this novel protocol showed good functional group tolerance and wide substrate scope.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910145D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 May 2009
Accepted
25 Jun 2009
First published
13 Jul 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4883-4885

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New catalytic properties of iron complexes: dehydration of amides to nitriles

S. Zhou, D. Addis, S. Das, K. Junge and M. Beller, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4883 DOI: 10.1039/B910145D

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