ChemInform Abstract: Copper-Catalyzed N-Benzoylation of Amines via Aerobic C-C Bond Cleavage.

1,2-Diarylethanones suffer -CO-CH2- bond scission under aerobic conditions in the presence of CuCl2 as catalyst enabling the formation of amides with a broad variety of aryl-, hetaryl-, and (di)alkylamines in modest to high yields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]