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Microwave-Assisted Method for Conversion of Alcohols into N-Substituted Amides Using Envirocat EPZG ® as a Catalyst

E. Veverková and Š. Toma

Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, SK-842 15 Bratislava

E-mail: veverkova@fns.uniba.sk

Received: 13 August 2003

Abstract: A rapid conversion of benzyl alcohols into N-benzylsubstituted amides has been achieved under microwave irradiation using benzonitriles in the presence of catalytic amount of Envirocatalyst EPZG® in solvent-free conditions.

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Chemical Papers 59 (1) 8–10 (2005)