Mercury-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Ketoximes into Amides and Lactams in Acetonitrile

Chennan Ramalingan, Yong Tae Park

The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2007 · 143 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

An acetonitrile solution of mercury(II) chloride has been found to catalyze efficiently the conversion of a diverse range of ketoximes into their corresponding amides/lactams.

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