Pyrazine Radical Cations as a Catalyst for the Aerobic Oxidation of Amines

Autor: Esteban Mejía, Rok Brisar, Dirk Hollmann
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017:5391-5398
ISSN: 1434-193X
Popis: An efficient and green synthetic method for the preparation of N,N-disubstituted tetramethylpyrazinium radical cations was developed, which does not require any solvent or strong alkylating agents. The investigation by UV/Vis and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy proved the stability of the prepared radical cation. Moreover, it was shown for the first time that the prepared N,N-disubstituted tetramethylpyrazine can act as a powerful metal-free catalyst for the selective oxidative homocoupling of amines to the corresponding imines under solvent-free conditions. Furthermore, oxygen or even air can be employed as an efficient oxidative reagent.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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