the growing demand for green and sustainable chemical processes, the catalytic reductivealkylation of amines with main-group catalysts of low toxicity and molecular hydrogen as the reductant would be an ideal method to functionalize amines. However, such a process remains challenging. Herein, a novel reductivealkylation system using H2 is presented, which proceeds via a tandem reaction that involves
complex presented higher reactivity in the transferhydrogenation (TH) of ketones in 2-propanol. Experimentally, it was established that both the benzimidazole and amine N–H proton played a vital role in the enhancement of the catalytic activity. Utilizing this system a wide range of aldehydes and ketones were reduced efficiently. Notably, the TH of several imines, as well as chemoselective reduction of
Cooperative catalysis of molybdenum with organocatalysts for distribution of products between amines and imines
作者:Di Wu、Qingqing Bu、Cheng Guo、Bin Dai、Ning Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111415
日期:2021.3
Multi-amino groups and nitrogen donors compound was discovered as an organocatalyst for N-alkylation of alcohols with amines in the presence of Mo(CO)6. The Mo(CO)6/organocatalyst binary system has shown to be a highly active catalyst for the N-alkylation reaction between alcohols and amines with excellent tolerance of variable starting materials bearing different functional groups. Of particular note
Copper-catalyzed direct amination of benzylic hydrocarbons and inactive aliphatic alkanes with arylamines
作者:Hua Yao、Bo Xie、Xiaoyang Zhong、Shengzhou Jin、Sen Lin、Zhaohua Yan
DOI:10.1039/d0ob00491j
日期:——
A new synthetic method toward direct C-N bond formation through saturated C-H amination of benzylic hydrocarbons and inactive aliphatic alkanes with primary aromatic amines under an inexpensive catalyst/oxidant (Cu/DTBP) system has been developed. Both aminopyridines and anilines could react smoothly with primary and secondary benzylic C-H substrates or cyclohexane to form the corresponding aromatic
A rare reductive coupling of nitro compounds with organohalides has been realized. The reaction is initiated by a partial reduction of the nitro group to a nitrenoid intermediate. Therefore, not only aromatic but also aliphatic nitro compounds are efficiently transformed into monoalkylated amines, with organohalides as the alkylating agent. Given the innate reactivity of the nitrenoid, a catalyst is