Iridium-catalyzed decarboxylative N-alkylation of α-amino acids with primary alcohols
A new decarboxylative N-alkylation reaction of α-amino acids has been developed. A variety of tertiary amines were obtained in good to excellent yields via the decarboxylative N-alkylation reaction of α-amino acids with primary alcohols catalyzed by a CpIr complex. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York.