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A new efficient method was proposed for the preparation of the anhydrides and amides of carboxylic acids in 30–97% yield, which is based on the reaction of carboxylic acids (their alkali-metal salts) with CCl4, or with CCl4, and an amide, in the presence of copper or iron salts.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 220–223, January, 1978.
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Weiss, J., Havelka, F. & Nefedov, B.K. New method for preparation of anhydrides and amides of carboxylic acids using carbon tetrachloride. Russ Chem Bull 27, 193–196 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01153243
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01153243