ChemInform Abstract: Highly Efficient Amide Synthesis from Alcohols and Amines by Virtue of a...

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ChemInform 2012, 43, issue 05 © 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Carboxylic amides Q 0490 DOI: 10.1002/chin.201205079 Highly Efficient Amide Synthesis from Alcohols and Amines by Virtue of a Water- -Soluble Gold/DNA Catalyst. — The direct synthesis of amides from alcohols and amines is achieved using gold nanoparticles immobilized on DNA as a heterogeneous catalyst. A wide range of substrates can be employed including less-basic aromatic amines. The catalyst can be recycled by phase separation and reused up to five times with only little decrease of activity due to aggregation of the gold particles. — (WANG, Y.; ZHU, D.; TANG, L.; WANG*, S.; WANG, Z.; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 50 (2011) 38, 8917-8921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201102374 ; Hefei Natl. Lab. Phys. Sci. Microscale, Univ. Sci. Technol. China, Hefei 230026, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — S. Adam 05- 079

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Carboxylic amidesQ 0490 DOI: 10.1002/chin.201205079

Highly Efficient Amide Synthesis from Alcohols and Amines by Virtue of a Water--Soluble Gold/DNA Catalyst. — The direct synthesis of amides from alcohols and amines is achieved using gold nanoparticles immobilized on DNA as a heterogeneous catalyst. A wide range of substrates can be employed including less-basic aromatic amines. The catalyst can be recycled by phase separation and reused up to five times with only little decrease of activity due to aggregation of the gold particles. — (WANG, Y.; ZHU, D.; TANG, L.; WANG*, S.; WANG, Z.; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 50 (2011) 38, 8917-8921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201102374 ; Hefei Natl. Lab. Phys. Sci. Microscale, Univ. Sci. Technol. China, Hefei 230026, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — S. Adam

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