Fast Oxidation of Lactams to Cyclic Imides Using Microwave Irradiation

Authors: AVAT ARMAN TAHERPOUR, HAMID REZA MANSURI

Abstract: Since polar reactants can adsorb microwave irradiation, chemists can utilize the microwave oven for some organic reactions. In this paper, we report a rapid conversion of lactams to cyclic imides using peracetic acid (CH_3-CO_3H) and manganic chloride (MnCl_2) in ethyl acetate (CH_3-COOEt) as a solvent and under microwave irradiation (90 W, 5 min) in good yields.

Keywords: Oxidation, Lactams, Cyclic imides, Microwave irradiation, Peracetic acid

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