Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.7, 718-719, 2002
Oxidative decarboxylation of 4-arylmethylidene-5(4H)-oxazolones using cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate
Oxidative decarboxylation of azlactones by cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate yields 2-arylglyoxylamide in very good yields.