Nitromethane as a nitrogen donor in Schmidt-type formation of amides and nitriles

With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the National Basic Research Program of China and the Drug Innovation Major Project,the research team led by Prof.Jiao Ning(焦宁)at the State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Peking University,discovered a new nitrogen donor for the Schmidt-type formation of amides and nitriles,which was published as research report in Science(2020,367:281—285).