N-Alkylation of Aqueous Ammonia with a Variety of Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by 3 Affording Tertiary Amines

August 15, 2024

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  N-Alkylation of Aqueous Ammonia with a Variety of Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by 3 Affording Tertiary Amines

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  Multialkylation of aqueous ammonia with alcohols catalyzed by water-soluble CpIr-ammine complexes

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  Table 2

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  The results are summarized in Table 2. The reactions with benzylic alcohols bearing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents at the aromatic ring proceeded smoothly to give the corresponding tertiary amines in good to excellent yields (entries 1-10).