The isomerization of epoxides to aldehydes using the readily available Crabtree's reagent is described. The aldehydes were transformed into synthetically useful amines by a one‐pot reductive amination using pyrrolidine as imine‐formation catalyst. The reactions worked with low catalyst loadings in very mild conditions. The procedure is operationally simple and tolerates a wide range of functional groups
The trading of space for time under weakly activated catalysis: expeditious synthesis of β-NH<sub>2</sub> alcohols <i>via</i> a direct ammonolysis of epoxides with ammonia
The direct synthesis of β-NH2 alcoholsvia flexible ammonolysis of epoxides is still a challenging and unresolved problem. Herein, we present a strategy of “trading space for time under weakly activated catalysis” and “shielding the reactivity of the product”, and thereby developed a novel single-step ammonolysis reaction of epoxides with ammonia. A stoichiometric amount of HCO2NH4 as an additive plays