Methyl glycerate (MGLY) and methyl glycolate (MG) are directly produced in maximum yield by the one-pot conversion of hexose, and the formation of MGLY and MG experience different reaction routes.
The Ru(ii) complex catalysed direct transformation of acyl azides into N-methylamines was developed for the first time using methanol via the one-pot Curtius rearrangement and borrowing hydrogen methodology.