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Alcohol promoted N -methylation of anilines with CO2/H2over a cobalt catalyst under mild conditions
Han, Buxing,Ke, Zhengang,Li, Ruipeng,Liu, Zhimin,Tang, Minhao,Wang, Huan,Zeng, Wei,Zhao, Yanfei
, p. 9147 - 9153 (2021/11/30)
N-Methylation of amines with CO2/H2 to N-methylamines over non-noble metal catalysts is very interesting but remains challenging. Herein, we present an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) promoted strategy for the N-methylation of anilines with CO2/H2 with high efficiency under mild conditions (e.g., 125 °C), which is achieved over a cobalt catalytic system composed of Co(OAc)2·4H2O, triphos and Sn(OTf)2. This catalytic system has a broad substrate scope and is tolerant toward a wide range of anilines and N-methyl anilines, and a series of N,N-dimethyl anilines were obtained in high yields. Mechanism investigation indicates that the alcohol solvent shifts the equilibrium of CO2 hydrogenation by forming an alkyl formate, which further reacts with the amine to produce N-formamide, and Sn(OTf)2 promotes the deoxygenative hydrogenation of N-formamides to afford N-methylamines. This is the first example of the N-methylation of amines with CO2/H2 over a cobalt catalytic system, which shows comparable performance to the reported Ru catalysts and may have promising applications.
Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Coupled with Alkanol Oxidation for Selective N-alkylation Reactions over Carbon Nitride
Xu, Yangsen,Zhang, Zhaofei,Qiu, Chuntian,Chen, Shaoqin,Ling, Xiang,Su, Chenliang
, p. 582 - 589 (2020/12/09)
Photocatalytic water splitting technology (PWST) enables the direct use of water as appealing “liquid hydrogen source” for transfer hydrogenation reactions. Currently, the development of PWST-based transfer hydrogenations is still in an embryonic stage. Previous reports generally centered on the rational utilization of the in situ generated H-source (electrons) for hydrogenations, in which photogenerated holes were quenched by sacrificial reagents. Herein, the fully-utilization of the liquid H-source and holes during water splitting is presented for photo-reductive N-alkylation of nitro-aromatic compounds. In this integrate system, H-species in situ generated from water splitting were designed for nitroarenes reduction to produce amines, while alkanols were oxidized by holes for cascade alkylating of anilines as well as the generated secondary amines. More than 50 examples achieved with a broad range scope validate the universal applicability of this mild and sustainable coupling approach. The synthetic utility of this protocol was further demonstrated by the synthesis of existing pharmaceuticals via selective N-alkylation of amines. This strategy based on the sustainable water splitting technology highlights a significant and promising route for selective synthesis of valuable N-alkylated fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals from nitroarenes and amines with water and alkanols.
Expedient Synthesis of N-Methyl- and N-Alkylamines by Reductive Amination using Reusable Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles
Senthamarai, Thirusangumurugan,Murugesan, Kathiravan,Natte, Kishore,Kalevaru, Narayana V.,Neumann, Helfried,Kamer, Paul C. J.,Jagadeesh, Rajenahally V.
, p. 1235 - 1240 (2018/02/09)
N-Methyl- and N-alkylamines represent important fine and bulk chemicals that are extensively used in both academic research and industrial production. Notably, these structural motifs are found in a large number of life-science molecules and play vital roles in regulating their activities. Therefore, the development of convenient and cost-effective methods for the synthesis and functionalization of amines by using earth-abundant metal-based catalysts is of scientific interest. In this regard, herein we report an expedient reductive amination process for the selective synthesis of N-methylated and N-alkylated amines by using nitrogen-doped, graphene-activated nanoscale Co3O4-based catalysts. Starting from inexpensive and easily accessible nitroarenes or amines and aqueous formaldehyde or aldehydes in the presence of formic acid, this cost-efficient reductive amination protocol allows the synthesis of various N-methyl- and N-alkylamines, amino acid derivatives, and existing drug molecules.
