A FACILE SYNTHESIS OF SYMMETRICAL SECONDARY AMINES FROM PRIMARY AMINES PROMOTED BY THE HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST RuCl2(Ph3P)3

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)82680-7

Primary amines bearing an α-hydrogen atom are quantitatively converted to symmetrical secondary amines by heating at 185 deg C for 5 h in the presence of a catalytic amount of RuCl2(Ph3)3.