Hydrolysis of amides to carboxylic acids catalyzed by Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>
S. M. A. Hakim Siddiki, Md. Nurnobi Rashed, Abeda S. Touchy, Md. A. R. Jamil, Yuan Jing, Takashi Toyao, Zen Maeno, Ken‐ichi Shimizu
Abstract
An efficient heterogeneous Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> catalytic system has been developed for industrially important and challenging amide hydrolysis reaction to carboxylic acid through cleavage of resonance stabilized amidic C–N bond.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisHydrolysisAmideChemistryCarboxylic acidPeptide bondBond cleavageCleavage (geology)Organic chemistryMaterials scienceEnzymeComposite materialFracture (geology)Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods