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Front Cover Picture: Iron‐Catalyzed Selective N ‐Methylation and N ‐Formylation of Amines with CO 2 (Adv. Synth. Catal. 22/2019)
Author(s) -
Li WenDuo,
Zhu DaoYong,
Li Gang,
Chen Jie,
Xia JiBao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201901429
Subject(s) - formylation , chemistry , ligand (biochemistry) , catalysis , medicinal chemistry , bimetallic strip , triphenylphosphine , methylation , heteroatom , organic chemistry , ring (chemistry) , receptor , biochemistry , gene
The front cover picture , provided by Ji‐Bao Xia and his co‐workers, illustrates an efficient iron‐catalyzed selective N ‐methylation and N ‐formylation of amines with CO 2 and silane using a monophosphine as ligand. With commercially available [CpFe(CO) 2 ] 2 as catalyst, this Fe‐catalyzed methylation of amines was achieved with triphenylphosphine as ligand. Using tributylphosphine as ligand, the Fe‐catalyzed formylation of amines was realized at a lower temperature. Details of this work can be found in the communication on pages 5098–5104 (W.‐D. Li, D.‐Y. Zhu, G. Li, J. Chen, J.‐B. Xia, Adv. Synth. Catal . 2019 , 361 , 5098–5104 ; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900906).