Helvetica Chimica Acta

N??Heterocyclic Carbene–Palladium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for the Oxidative Carbonylation of Amines to Ureas

S Zheng, X Peng, J Liu, W Sun, C Xia

Index: Zheng, Shuzhan; Peng, Xingao; Liu, Jianming; Sun, Wei; Xia, Chungu Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2007 , vol. 90, # 8 p. 1471 - 1476

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Abstract

Abstract A highly efficient oxidative carbonylation reaction of amines to ureas was developed making use of carbene–palladium complexes in the absence of any promoter. Both aliphatic amines and aromatic amines were transformed in good to excellent yields to the expected ureas.