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Direct Amination of Secondary Alcohols Using Ammonia
Author(s) -
Pingen Dennis,
Müller Christian,
Vogt Dieter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201002583
Subject(s) - phosphine , amination , ruthenium , ammonia , aryl , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , alkyl , organic chemistry , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , biochemistry , receptor
Hydrogen shuttle : For the first time secondary alcohols and ammonia can be directly converted into primary amines with a selectivity of up to 99 % by using a simple ruthenium/phosphine catalyst (see scheme; R 1 , R 2 = alkyl, aryl, alkenyl; M=[Ru 3 (CO) 12 ]; and L=phosphine ligand).