C-N bond-forming self-condensation of amide promoted by MoCl5 at room temperature

Sara Dolci; Fabio Marchetti; Guido Pampaloni; Stefano Zacchini

doi:10.1021/ic2001199

C-N bond-forming self-condensation of amide promoted by MoCl5 at room temperature

Inorg Chem. 2011 May 2;50(9):3846-8. doi: 10.1021/ic2001199. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Authors

Sara Dolci¹, Fabio Marchetti, Guido Pampaloni, Stefano Zacchini

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 21452807
DOI: 10.1021/ic2001199

Abstract

The acylamidinium complex MoOCl(4)[MeC(O)N(Ph)C(Me)═NHPh] (2) was obtained by selective self-condensation of MeC(O)NHPh promoted by MoCl(5). Otherwise, the stable chloroiminium salt [MoOCl(4){HC(O)NMe(2)}][CH(Cl)═NMe(2)] (3) was isolated from HC(O)NMe(2)/MoCl(5).