Often used as a common solvent for chemical reations and utilized widely in industry as a
reagent, N, N‐dimethylformamide (DMF) has played an important role in organic synthesis …

Using the widely available DMSO as the formylation reagent under oxidative conditions, an
efficient Cu-catalyzed C3-formylation reaction of imidazo [1, 2-a] pyridine C–H bonds to …

Halomethyleniminium salts,'eg N, N-dimethylchloromethylenammonium chloride, 2
[Me2NCHCll+ Cl-, are perhaps best known as reagents for, or intermediates generated in …

An aerobic visible-light-promoted indole C-3 formylation reaction catalyzed by Rose Bengal
has been developed. This transition-metal-free process employs molecular oxygen as the …

In 1925 Fischer, Müller, and Vilsmeier published a paper describing the reaction between
phosphoryl chloride and N‐methylacetanilide, giving a number of products, including the …

Naturally occurring carbohydrates and their derivatives have been useful during the last few
decades as “chiral pool” constituents in the enantioselective synthesis of biologically active …

Synthesis Using Vilsmeier Reagents presents a comprehensive account of the whole of
Vilsmeier chemistry, including the formation of over 50 functional groups and over 50 …

3-Chloro-1 H-indole-2-carboxaldehydes are obtained in moderate yields by the one-pot
reaction of various substituted 2-[(carboxymethyl) amino] benzoic acids (1a− d) using …

Acetanilides efficiently undergo Vilsmeier Haack cyclisation in micellar media to afford 2-
chloro-3-formyl quinoline derivatives in good yields. This procedure works efficiently in …

Vilsmeier–Haack reaction of substituted phenylacetones leads to the formation of
conjugated iminium salts which on aqueous basic work up afford 3-formyl-4-pyrones and on …