Salt??Free Synthesis of Tertiary Amines by Ruthenium??Catalyzed Amination of Alcohols

…, D Hollmann, K Mevius, D Michalik…

Index: Tillack, Annegret; Hollmann, Dirk; Mevius, Kathleen; Michalik, Dirk; Baehn, Sebastian; Beller, Matthias European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , # 28 p. 4745 - 4750

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Abstract

Abstract The amination of secondary alcohols to give tertiary amines in the presence of different in situ generated ruthenium catalysts has been investigated in detail. By applying a combination of [Ru 3 (CO) 12] and N-phenyl-2-(dicyclohexylphosphanyl) pyrrole as the catalyst, cyclic amines can be alkylated with different alcohols in high yield, whereas aliphatic amines gave transalkylation side products.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. ...