Nazar Flaih, C. Pham-Huy, H. Galons
May 7, 1999
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Trifluoroacetamide was reacted with diacids in the presence of N-ethyl-N-dimethyl-aminopropylcarbodiimide and of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole to afford cyclic imides of different ring size, providing a single step asymmetric synthesis of thalidomide.