Efficient and selective N-alkylation of amines with alcohols catalysed by manganese pincer complexes

Autor: Saravanakumar Elangovan, Jacob Neumann, Jean-Baptiste Sortais, Kathrin Junge, Christophe Darcel, Matthias Beller
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12641
Popis: Hydrogen borrowing is an attractive method for C-N bond formation - avoiding multiple alkylation products and reducing waste - but often is carried out with noble metals. Here the authors show that a manganese catalyst allows the selective N-alkylation of amines with alcohols.
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