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Inside Cover: Synthesis of Primary Amines from Secondary and Tertiary Amines: Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Amination Using Ammonia (Chem. Eur. J. 17/2011)
Author(s) -
Bähn Sebastian,
Imm Sebastian,
Neubert Lorenz,
Zhang Min,
Neumann Helfried,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201190083
Subject(s) - amination , ruthenium , catalysis , primary (astronomy) , yield (engineering) , ammonia , chemistry , cover (algebra) , tertiary amine , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , physics , mechanical engineering , astronomy , engineering , metallurgy
A striking reaction occurs during the splitting of secondary and tertiary amines with ammonia and the Shvo catalyst—primary amines are obtained in up to 84 % yield. More details of these fascinating reactions are discussed in the Communication by M. Beller et al. on page 4705 ff.