Sodium methoxide: a simple but highly efficient catalyst for the direct amidation of esters?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-04-12 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32153J

Abstract

A simple NaOMe catalyst provides superior accessibility to a wide variety of functionalized amides including peptides through direct amination of esters in an atom-economical and environmentally benign way.

Graphical abstract: Sodium methoxide: a simple but highly efficient catalyst for the direct amidation of esters
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