Issue 92, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Double oxidation of α-(alkylideneamino)nitriles to imides by molecular oxygen under mild basic conditions†

Yu Zhang,a   Ling Pan,*a   Yunjia Zou,a   Xianxiu Xua  and  Qun Liu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
E-mail: panl948@nenu.edu.cn, liuqun@nenu.edu.cn

Abstract

We reveal here the unique reactivity of α-(alkylideneamino)nitriles toward molecular oxygen. Thus, α-(alkylideneamino)nitriles can serve as the imide building block for the efficient synthesis of imides in the absence of transition metals under extremely mild conditions.

Graphical abstract: Double oxidation of α-(alkylideneamino)nitriles to imides by molecular oxygen under mild basic conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC06481J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Aug 2014
Accepted
29 Sep 2014
First published
29 Sep 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 14334-14337

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Double oxidation of α-(alkylideneamino)nitriles to imides by molecular oxygen under mild basic conditions

Y. Zhang, L. Pan, Y. Zou, X. Xu and Q. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14334 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06481J

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