value-added products through catalytic strategy has a wide range of practical significance. Here, a palladium-catalyzed method for the direct and efficient dicarbonylation of amines with basic industrial feedstock ethylene to imide has been developed. Moderate to excellent yields of the desired imides can be produced from readily available amines in a straightforward manner.
Reaction of Arenediazonium Salts with Nitriles in the Presence of Sodium Carboxylates. A Convenient Synthesis of Unsymmetrical<i>N</i>-Aryl Acyclic Imides
Reactions of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates (ArN2BF4), acetonitrile and sodium carboxylates (RCOONa) gave N-acyl acetanilides (ArN(COR)COCH3) in moderate to good yields (Ar=Ph, 2-MeC6H4, 3-MeC6H4, 4-MeC6H4, 2,6-(Me)2C6H3; R=Et, i-Pr, t-Bu, Ph). Acrylonitrile and benzonitrile could be used in the reaction instead of acetonitrile.