ИСТИНА

Alkyl substituted perchlorates have already attracted the attention of researchers for overhalf a century, due to the possibility of using these compounds as high-energy substances. Moreover, the unique properties of organic perchlorates make them attractive objects forthe study of reaction mechanisms and promising substrates in syntheses of sophisticatedcompounds, such as functionally substituted cage structures1. Previously we have foundthat oxidative deiodination of alkyl iodides proceed quite selectively to give high yields ofcorresponding covalent perchlorates2. In the present work we have established that n-alkyl and 1-adamantylmethyl substitutedperchlorates react with nitriles to give corresponding N-alkyl amides. This process is a newexample of Rytter-type reaction. The reaction is extremely simple and takes place in very mild conditions without any catalysts or special activation of reagents. Resulting N-alkyl amides were isolated withoutfurther purification as analytical pure substances in quantitive yields.