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Green and scalable aldehyde-catalyzed transition metal-free dehydrative N-alkylation of amides and amines with alcohols
Xu, Qing,Li, Qiang,Zhu, Xiaogang,Chen, Jianhui
supporting information, p. 73 - 80 (2013/03/13)
In contrast to the borrowing hydrogen-type N-alkylation reactions, in which alcohols were activated by transition metal-catalyzed anaerobic dehydrogenation, the addition of external aldehydes was accidentally found to be a simple and effective protocol for alcohol activation. This interesting finding subsequently led to an efficient and green, practical and scalable aldehyde-catalyzed transition metal-free dehydrative N-alkylation method for a variety of amides, amines, and alcohols. Mechanistic studies revealed that this reaction most possibly proceeds via a simple but interesting transition metal-free relay race mechanism. Copyright