%0 Journal Article %A Bellale, Eknath V. %A Bhalerao, Dinesh S. %A Akamanchi, Krishnacharya G. %D 2008 %T Oxidative Conversion of α,α-Disubstituted Acetamides to Corresponding One-Carbon-Shorter Ketones Using Hypervalent Iodine (λ5) Reagents in Combination with Tetraethylammonium Bromide %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Oxidative_Conversion_of_Disubstituted_Acetamides_to_Corresponding_One_Carbon_Shorter_Ketones_Using_Hypervalent_Iodine_sup_5_sup_Reagents_in_Combination_with_Tetraethylammonium_Bromide/2894542 %R 10.1021/jo801580g.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4592686 %K iodine %K oxidative dehomologation %K Bromide %K hypervalent %K acid %K TEAB %K Combination %K Tetraethylammonium %K Reagent %K Acetamide %K method %K solvent %K combination %K Disubstituted %K reagent %K Ketone %K acetamide %K Iodine %K transformation %K ketone %K tetraethylammonium bromide %K Oxidative Conversion %K Hypervalent %X α,α-Disubstituted acetamides undergo oxidative dehomologation to give one-carbon-shorter ketones when reacted with a hypervalent iodine (λ5) reagent in combination with tetraethylammonium bromide (TEAB) in various solvents. In further studies, one such combination of a hypervalent iodine (λ5) reagent, o-iodoxybenzoic acid, and TEAB has been established as a new, mild, efficient, and general method for the transformation. %I ACS Publications