Oxalic acid as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Free-Solven Modified Ritter Reaction

Oxalic acid was found to be an efficient catalyst for Ritter reaction of various nitriles with tertiary ester and tert-butanol. The advantages of present methods are the use of cheap and easy available catalyst, better yields and green media

Keywords:

Ritter reaction , Oxalic acid , amidation , catalysis