“…1 pharmaceuticals (rapamycin, enzyme inhibitors) and agrochemicals (FK506). 2-4 α-Ketoamides are synthesized from diverse substrates such as methyl-ketones, 5-10 aldehydes/arylglyox-als, [11][12][13][14][15][16] -ketoacids, [17][18][19][20] terminal alkynes, [21][22][23][24] cyanamides, 25 carbamoyl stannane/ silane with acid chlorides, [26][27][28] addition of aroyl to aryl-acetamides, 29 2,2-dibromo-1-aryl ethanones 30 and double carbonylation of aryl iodides. [31][32][33] Usually in these oxidative amidation, a co-oxidant is required.…”