CATALYTIC DEHYDROGENATION OF SECONDARY AMINES WITH COBALT SCHIFF BASE COMPLEX-OXYGEN SYSTEM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80431-1

Catalytic oxidation of secondary aromatic amines using Co(salen)/O2 in ethanol at 60 degC leads to dehydrogenation of the amines affording the corresponding imines in high yield.A mechanism involving electron transfer from the substrate to cobalt(III) species is suggested.