Abstract
Benzoylation of primary amines and amino acids is efficiently carried out in a brine solution using a stoichiometric amount of benzoyl chloride followed by trituration with aqueous saturated bicarbonate solution.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are thankful to D. K. Neogi, director, School of Tropical Medicine, for his interest in the work. We are also thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India, for providing a junior research fellowship to one of the authors (S. C.).
Notes
a Products were characterized by their spectral data.