Catalytic coupling of nitriles with amines to selectively form imines under mild hydrogen pressure

D Srimani, M Feller, Y Ben-David…

Index: Srimani, Dipankar; Feller, Moran; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Milstein, David Chemical Communications, 2012 , vol. 48, # 97 p. 11853 - 11855

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Abstract

The composition of the products formed markedly depends on the nature of the catalysts, reaction temperature, hydrogen pressure and on the structure of the nitriles, 3 and examples of selective formation of primary amines 4 or secondary amines 5 were reported. Nitriles can also be hydrogenated in the presence of amines to give unsymmetrical amines. 6 Selective formation of an imine product by the hydrogenation of nitriles was reported in only one case. 4d Sabo-Etienne et al. ...