698-69-1Relevant articles and documents
Additive-free selective methylation of secondary amines with formic acid over a Pd/In2O3 catalyst
Benaissa, Idir,Cantat, Thibault,Genre, Caroline,Godou, Timothé,Pinault, Mathieu
, p. 57 - 61 (2022/01/19)
Formic acid is used as the sole carbon and hydrogen source in the methylation of aromatic and aliphatic amines to methylamines. The reaction proceeds via a formylation/transfer hydrogenation pathway over a solid Pd/In2O3 catalyst without the need for any additive.
Fe(III)-catalyzed Oxidative Povarov Reaction with Molecular Oxygen Oxidant
Park, Du Yong,Hwang, Joon Young,Kang, Eun Joo
supporting information, p. 798 - 801 (2021/04/09)
The synthesis of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives from dimethyl anilines and enamides has been developed by Fe(III)-phenanthroline complex under aerobic condition. The oxidation of tertiary anilines involving a single electron transfer of Fe(phen)3(PF6)3 afforded the iminium ion intermediate, which reacted with electron-rich alkenes to build a six-membered N-heterocycles containing quaternary carbon center via the oxidative Povarov reaction process.
Simple RuCl3-catalyzed N-Methylation of Amines and Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes using Methanol
Sarki, Naina,Goyal, Vishakha,Tyagi, Nitin Kumar,Puttaswamy,Narani, Anand,Ray, Anjan,Natte, Kishore
, p. 1722 - 1729 (2021/04/19)
Methanol is a potential hydrogen source and C1 synthon, which finds interesting applications in both chemical synthesis and energy technologies. The effective utilization of this simple alcohol in organic synthesis is of central importance and attracts scientific interest. Herein, we report a clean and cost-competitive method with the use of methanol as both C1 synthon and H2 source for selective N-methylation of amines by employing relatively cheap RuCl3.xH2O as a ligand-free catalyst. This readily available catalyst tolerates various amines comprising electron-deficient and electron-donating groups and allows them to transform into corresponding N-methylated products in moderate to excellent yields. In addition, few marketed pharmaceutical agents (e. g., venlafaxine and imipramine) were also successfully synthesized via late-stage functionalization from readily available feedstock chemicals, highlighting synthetic value of this advanced N-methylation reaction. Using this platform, we also attempted tandem reactions with selected nitroarenes to convert them into corresponding N-methylated amines using MeOH under H2-free conditions including transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes-to-anilines and prepared drug molecules (e. g., benzocaine and butamben) as well as key pharmaceutical intermediates. We further enable one-shot selective and green syntheses of 1-methylbenzimidazole using ortho-phenylenediamine (OPDA) and methanol as coupling partners.
