Microwave assisted mild, rapid, solvent-less, and catalyst-free chemoselective N-tert-butyloxycarbonylation of amines

Microwave assisted simple, rapid, solventless, and catalyst-free chemoselective method for the protection of amino group in aromatic, aliphatic, heterocyclic, aralkyl amines, phenyl hydrazine, and amino acid esters in good to excellent isolated yield (83–98%) in short reaction time (2–12 min) has been reported.