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Org Lett. 2005 Mar 31;7(7):1427-9. doi: 10.1021/ol050337b.

Direct conversion of N-methoxy-N-methylamides (Weinreb amides) to ketones via a nonclassical Wittig reaction.

Organic letters

John A Murphy, Aurélien G J Commeureuc, Thomas N Snaddon, Thomas M McGuire, Tanweer A Khan, Kevin Hisler, Mark L Dewis, Robert Carling

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 15787523 DOI: 10.1021/ol050337b

Abstract

[reaction: see text] N-Methoxy-N-methylamides (Weinreb amides) are converted efficiently into ketones by reaction with alkylidenetriphenylphosphoranes and in situ hydrolysis of the product.

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