摘要

An efficient, eco-friendly and sustainable method for the tandem oxidative amidation of alcohols with amines has been reported. Using heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids as the catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant, this amidation reaction is operationally straightforward and provides a series of primary, secondary and tertiary amides derivatives in moderate to good yields. Solvent-free media, microwave-promoted conditions and reusability of catalysts are the main highlights. Further, the proposed bifunctional catalysis mechanistic pathway has been briefly investigated in this report.