Figure 4: Synthetic utility.

(a) Pharmaceutically important chiral α-hydroxyamides. (b) Synthesis of BMS 270394 and LY 411575 by coupling-reagent-free amidation.
(a) Pharmaceutically important chiral α-hydroxyamides. (b) Synthesis of BMS 270394 and LY 411575 by coupling-reagent-free amidation.