作者:Vasily N. Tsarev、Yuna Morioka、Joaquim Caner、Qing Wang、Richiro Ushimaru、Akihiko Kudo、Hiroshi Naka、Susumu Saito
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01063
日期:2015.5.15
N-Methylation of amines with methanol proceeds at room temperature in the presence of a silver-loaded titanium dioxide (Ag/TiO2) photocatalyst under UV-vis light irradiation. This method allows facile synthesis/isolation of N-methylamines bearing various functional groups including N-benzyl, N-allyl, N-Boc, hydroxyl, ether, acetal, carboxamide, formamide, and olefin groups.