20810-06-4Relevant articles and documents
Selective one-pot synthesis of asymmetric secondary amines via N-alkylation of nitriles with alcohols
Segobia,Trasarti,Apesteguía
, p. 178 - 185 (2019/11/13)
The synthesis of asymmetric secondary amines (ASA) is commonly achieved by N-alkylation of primary amines with alcohols. Here, we investigated the ASA synthesis via the direct amination of alcohols with nitriles, which avoids the synthesis, separation and purification of the primary amines in a first step. Specifically, the ASA synthesis via N-alkylation of butyronitrile (BN) with primary (n-propanol, iso-butanol and n-octanol) and secondary (2‐propanol, 2‐butanol and 2‐octanol) alcohols was studied on SiO2-supported Co, Ni and Ru catalysts. Competitive BN hydrogenation‐condensation reactions formed dibutylamine (the symmetric secondary amine) and tertiary amines as main secondary products. On Co/SiO2, the ASA selectivities for BN/primary alcohol reactions were between 49 and 58% at complete BN conversion, forming dibutylamine and tertiary amines as byproducts. For BN/secondary alcohol reactions, Co/SiO2 formed selectively (ASA + dibutylamine) mixtures containing 78–85% of ASA, thereby showing that the alcohol amination with nitriles is an attractive alternative route for the synthesis of valuable asymmetric secondary amines.
Synthesis and C-alkylation of hindered aldehyde enamines
Hodgson, David M.,Bray, Christopher D.,Kindon, Nicholas D.,Reynolds, Nigel J.,Coote, Steven J.,Um, Joann M.,Houk
supporting information; experimental part, p. 1019 - 1028 (2009/07/04)
A new reactivity mode of hindered lithium amides with terminal epoxides is described whereby aldehyde enamines are produced via a previously unrecognized reaction pathway. Some of these aldehyde enamines display unprecedented C-alkylation reactivity toward unactivated primary and secondary alkyl halides. For comparison, the reactivity of aldehyde enamines synthesized via a traditional condensation method was examined. C-rather than N-alkylation was the dominant reaction pathway found with a range of electrophiles, making this route to α-alkylated aldehydes more synthetically useful than previously reported.