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* Supporting Information
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Copies of the H and 13C{1H} NMR spectra of all the amides
synthesized in this work (19F NMR spectrum in the case of 3k)
and HRMS spectra of benzamide (3a) isolated from the
reactions described in Schemes 4 and 6. This material is
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(o) Ramon, R. S.; Bosson, J.; Díez-Gonzalez, S.; Marion, N.; Nolan, S.
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Corresponding Author
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P. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 1197−1202. (p) Hull, J. F.; Hilton, S. T.;
Crabtree, R. H. Inorg. Chim. Acta 2010, 363, 1243−1245. (q) Saidulu,
G.; Anand, N.; Rao, K. S. R.; Burri, A.; Park, S.-E.; Burri, D. R. Catal.
Lett. 2011, 141, 1865−1871. (r) Kumar, P.; Singh, A. K.; Pandey, R.;
Pandey, D. S. J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 3454−3464. (s) Sharma,
S. K.; Bishopp, S. D.; Allen, C. L.; Lawrence, R.; Bamford, M. J.;
Lapkin, A. A.; Plucinski, P.; Watson, R. J.; Williams, J. M. J.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 4252−4255. (t) Allen, C. L.; Lawrence, R.;
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Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Financial support by the Ministerio de Economia y
Competitividad of Spain (Projects CTQ2010-14796/BQU
and CSD2007-00006) is gratefully acknowledged.
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