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Treatment of acid chlorides with a carbamoylstannane under mild conditions (mostly rt for a few hours) affords alpha-oxo amides in high yields. Vicinal polycarbonyl compounds are also obtained, although spontaneous decarbonylation occasionally occurs.
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