Methylation of secondary amines was achieved using dimethyl carbonate or diethyl carbonate as the C1 source under the catalysis of well-defined half-sandwich iron complexes bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions in the presence of hydrosilanes as the reductants, and the amines were obtained with good to excellent isolated yields.
BF<sub>3</sub>·Et<sub>2</sub>O as a metal-free catalyst for direct reductive amination of aldehydes with amines using formic acid as a reductant
作者:Zhenli Luo、Yixiao Pan、Zhen Yao、Ji Yang、Xin Zhang、Xintong Liu、Lijin Xu、Qing-Hua Fan
DOI:10.1039/d1gc01468d
日期:——
direct reductive amination of aldehydes with amines using formic acid as a reductant under the catalysis of inexpensive BF3·Et2O has been developed. A wide range of primary and secondary amines and diversely substitutedaldehydes are compatible with this transformation, allowing facile access to various secondary and tertiary amines in high yields with wide functional group tolerance. Moreover, the