FREMGANGSMAADE TIL FREMSTILLING AF CARBOXYLSYREAMIDGRUPPEHOLDIGE FORBINDELSER, ISAER AF PEPTIDER

1. A process for the preparation of compounds containing carboxamide groups by reaction of compounds which contain a carboxyl group, in the presence of dialkylphosphinic anhydrides, with compounds which contain a free amino group, which comprises maintaining the hydrogen ion concentration in the reaction mixture at an almost constant value in a range of 10**-5 to 10**-10 (mol/l) during the reaction and, after the reaction is complete, eliminating radicals which have, where appropriate, been introduced to protect other functional groups.