An efficient procedure for chemoselective amidation from carboxylic acid and amine (ammonium salt) under mild conditions

Presented here is an efficient one-pot and catalyst-free procedure for the synthesis of amides starting from carboxylic acids and amine/ammonium salts using 2,2-dichloro-1,3-diisopropylimidazolidine-4,5-dione as the coupling agent. Reactions can proceed smoothly even with those bearing thermosensitive group(s) at ambient temperature, and the corresponding products of primary, secondary and tertiary amides can be afforded in moderate to excellent yields of up to 96%.