posted on 2005-01-20, 00:00authored bySylvain Canesi, Denis Bouchu, Marco A. Ciufolini
The elusive oxidative amidation of phenols to 4-aza-substituted dienones in the bimolecular mode may be achieved by treatment with iodobenzene
diacetate (“DIB”) in a mixture of hexafluoro-2-propanol and acetonitrile.