Wu Xiongyu, Larhed Mats
Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Org Lett. 2005 Jul 21;7(15):3327-9. doi: 10.1021/ol0512031.
[reaction: see text]. Aryl bromides can be rapidly converted to the corresponding secondary and tertiary benzamides in water. By using Mo(CO)6 as the source of carbon monoxide, aminocarbonylations were conducted under air after only 10 min of high-density microwave heating.