Bryan Yong-Hao Tan and Yong-Chua Teo
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 7478-7481
DOI:
10.1039/C4OB01483A,
Communication
A practical and efficient strategy for the N-arylation of benzamide catalysed by a Co(C2O4)·2H2O/dmeda system in water is reported. Under the optimized conditions, a wide variety of N-arylated products were obtained in good yields (up to 92%) using substituted aryl iodides.