Johnson H. Ho, Grant H. Miller, Kasey K. Chung, Sydney D. Neibert, Gregory L. Beutner, David A. Vosburg
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Abstract
N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethylchloroformamidinium hexafluorophosphate (TCFH) and N-methylimidazole (NMI) enable the facile and practical reaction of carboxylic acids with amines, alcohols, and thiols to form amides, esters, and thioesters. To develop a mild synthesis of ketones with TCFH–NMI directly from carboxylic acids at room temperature, the Mayr nucleophilicity scale was used to compare the N values of competent nucleophiles to potential carbon-centered nucleophiles, identifying pyrroles and indoles as successful substrates when N ≥ 10.
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