Am Mon, 30 Aug 1999 schrieben Sie: > Refluxing the amine in formic acid should give you the amide. =20 Already thought about it. Yet i did not try it for fear of destroying the pyrrole. Is it sufficiently stabilized by the phenyl-substituent to stay = inert in formic acid? >=20 >=20 > Gordon W. Rewcastle g.rewcastle@auckland.ac.nz > Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre,=20 > University of Auckland Medical School, > Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. > Phone +649-373-7599 Ext 6147; Fax +649-373-7502 > http://www.cancer-centre.auckland.ac.nz/people/rewcast.htm Alexander W=F6rndle graduate student at Technische Universit=E4t M=FCnchen E-mail: woerndle@stud.chemie.tu-muenchen.deancer-centre.auckland.ac.nz/pe= ople/rewcast.htm __________________ ORGLIST - Organic Chemistry Mailing List Website and Archive: http://www.orglist.net/ List coordinator: Joao Aires de Sousa (jas@mail.fct.unl.pt)