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Upstream product

• 73039-27-7 naphthalen-1-yl-phenyl-trimethylsilylamine 
• 106-38-7 para-bromotoluene 
• 100-68-5 methyl-phenyl-thioether 
• 90-11-9 1-Bromonaphthalene 
• 106-49-0 p-toluidine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Catalytic carbon-nitrogen bond-forming cross-coupling using N-trimethylsilylamines

Carbon-nitrogen bond-forming cross-coupling reaction of haloarenes with N-trimethylsilyl (TMS)-substituted secondary and primary arylamines proceeded with the aid of a palladium catalyst and a fluoride activator. Various TMS-N(aryl)2, TMS-NH(aryl), and TMS-N(alkyl)2 reacted to give the corresponding coupled products in high yields. Multi-TMS-amine nucleophiles such as N,N-(TMS)2-aniline and N,N′-Ph2-N,N′-(TMS)2-p-phenylenediamine also participated in this C-N coupling to give multiply C-N coupled products in high yields. The novel C-N cross-coupling reaction was successfully applied to C-N bond-forming polymerization. Relative rates of the cross-coupling of p-bromotoluene with N-TMS-substituted primary and secondary amines showed that N-TMS-diphenylamine reacted faster than N-TMS-N-methylaniline or N-TMS-aniline, and N-TMS-morpholine was the least reactive, indicating that the low basicity of the nitrogen nucleophile is the key for the smooth coupling.

Palladium-catalyzed amination of aryl sulfides with anilines

A combination of a palladium-NHC catalyst and potassium hexamethyldisilazide enables the amination of aryl sulfides with anilines to afford a wide variety of diarylamines. The reaction conditions are versatile enough for the reaction of even bulky ortho-substituted aryl sulfides. This amination can be applied to the modular synthesis of N-aryl carbazoles from the corresponding ortho-bromothioanisoles. As aryl sulfoxides undergo extended Pummerer reactions to afford ortho-substituted aryl sulfides, the Pummerer products are thus useful substrates for the amination to culminate in efficient syntheses of a 2-anilinobenzothiophene and an indole as proof-of-principle of the utility of the extended Pummerer reaction/amination cascade. Switching S to N: Transformation of inert C-S bonds of aryl sulfides into C-N bonds is achieved using a palladium complex with an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand. Thanks to the efficient conditions for amination of bulky sulfides, the synthesis of carbazole products from 2-biphenylylamine is achieved through oxidative C-N bond formation. When combined with extended Pummerer reactions, intriguing nitrogen-containing molecules are prepared.

Silicon-based CN cross-coupling reaction

Palladium-catalyzed CN bond-forming cross-coupling reaction of N-trimethylsilylamines with aryl bromides and chlorides is found to proceed in the presence of a fluoride activator in 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone (DMI), giving triarylamines in excellent yields. When aryl bromide and bis(silyl)amine were used in this reaction, double CN bondforming products were obtained in high yields. The present reaction was successfully applied to CN bond-forming polymerization.