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Copper-catalyzed amination of aryl halides: single-step synthesis of triarylamines

AA Kelkar, NM Patil, RV Chaudhari

Index: Kelkar, Ashutosh A.; Patil, Nandkumar M.; Chaudhari, Raghunath V. Tetrahedron Letters, 2002 , vol. 43, # 40 p. 7143 - 7146

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Abstract

A simple and efficient methodology for the synthesis of triarylamines in a single step has been demonstrated using a ligand-free CuI catalyst and potassium tertiary butoxide as the base. Use of chelating ligands leads to the formation of triarylamine derivatives selectively (95% yield) with high catalytic activity.