A sustainable approach for hydration of nitriles to amides utilising WEB as reaction medium

Sameeran Kumar Das; Prantika Bhattacharjee; Manashi Sarmah; Madhurya Kakati; Utpal Bora

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Jan 2021)

A sustainable approach for hydration of nitriles to amides utilising WEB as reaction medium

Sameeran Kumar Das,
Prantika Bhattacharjee,
Manashi Sarmah,
Madhurya Kakati,
Utpal Bora

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Sameeran Kumar Das: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
Prantika Bhattacharjee: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
Manashi Sarmah: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
Madhurya Kakati: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India
Utpal Bora: Corresponding author.; Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4
p. 100071

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A green and environmentally sustainable methodology has been developed for hydration of aromatic nitriles to amides utilising 30% H2O2 in agro-waste based extract ‘water extract of banana peel ash’ (WEB). WEB is used as reaction medium as well as a source of base for the current protocol. The pure products are isolated simply by filtration and no chromatographic purification is required. This methodology is applicable to a variety of aromatic nitriles.

Published in Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

ISSN: 2666-0865 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/current-research-in-green-and-sustainable-chemistry

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