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Abstract Amide formation between mildly activated esters and 1,2‐amino alcohols occurs without the need for coupling reagents. The reaction pathway involves facile intermolecular transesterification and intramolecular O→N transacylation. The method is environmentally friendly and offers no risk of racemization via highly activated acylating intermediates.
Pirrung et al. (Thu,) studied this question.