Metallodendrimer-grafted mesoporous polymethyacrylate beads for the regioselective, solvent-free, efficient and scalable catalytic synthesis of β-amino alcohols at ambient temperature.
β-Amino secondary alcohols were formed by aminolysis of epichlorohydrin and styrene oxide with aromatic amines using aqueous ethanol (1:1) as the solvent in conjunction with microwave irradiation without a catalyst. The methodology is fast, efficient, highly regioselective, chemoselective and environmentally benign.