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Iron-catalyzed reaction of urea with alcohols and amines: A safe alternative for the synthesis of primary carbamates
Pe?a-López, Miguel,Neumann, Helfried,Beller, Matthias
, p. 2233 - 2238 (2016)
A general study of the iron-catalyzed reaction of urea with nucleophiles is here presented. The carbamoylation of alcohols allows for the synthesis of N-unsubstituted (primary) carbamates, including present drugs (Felbamate and Meprobamat, without the necessity to apply phosgene and related derivatives. Using amines as nucleophiles gave rise to the respective mono-and disubstituted ureas via selective transamidation reaction. These atom-economical transformations provide a direct and selective access to valuable compounds from cheap and readily available urea using a simple Lewis-acidic iron(Icatalyst.
