PALLADIUM ASSISTED N-METHYL ACTIVATION OF p-SUBSTITUTED N,N-DIMETHYLANILINES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1982.1823

Intermediates in reaction of N,N-dimethylanilines with palladium(II) acetate were trapped by acetate ion or oxygen to give N-methyloxygenated and demethylated products, while the trapping by other anilines gave homo- and cross-coupling cyclodimers.The reactions proceed via radical cation formation induced by the palladium salt.