The present review “Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” covers the literature until the end of
June 2014 and represents a comprehensive update of a previous article published by Bolm …

Amides are unquestionably one of the most important functional groups in organic chemistry
because of their presence in numerous interesting molecules such as peptides …

Nucleophilic substitution reactions of alcohols are among the most fundamental and
strategically important transformations in organic chemistry. For over half a century, these …

The amide functional group is commonly found in peptides, proteins, pharmaceutical
compounds, natural products, and polymers. The synthesis of amides is typically performed …

Transamidation, or the conversion of one amide to another, is a long-standing challenge in
organic synthesis. Although notable progress has been made in the transamidation of …

The first general method is reported for transamidation of secondary carboxamides
catalyzed by Pd-NHC (NHC= N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes. Commercially available …

Transfer hydrogenation, alkene metathesis, and alkyne metathesis possess great value to
the synthetic chemistry community. One of the key features of these processes is their …

This work discloses transamidation of primary and tertiary amides with a range of aryl,
heteroaryl, and aliphatic amines using potassium tert-butoxide. The reaction proceeds at …

Amides are undeniably some of the most important compounds in Nature and the chemical
industry, being present in biomolecules, materials, pharmaceuticals and many other …

A highly improved and green methodology for the direct amidation of carboxylic acids with
amines using silica gel as a solid support and catalyst is described. The scope of this …