Novel, direct amination of anthraquinone by rhodium (I) complexes

K Mita, T Yamagishi, M Hida

Index: Mita, Katsuhisa; Yamagishi, Takamichi; Hida, Mitsuhiko Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1980 , # 21 p. 1036 - 1037

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Abstract

In the presence of certain rhodium (I) complexes, anthraquinone was found to react with amines to give the 1-alkylaminoanthraquinones, along with small amounts of the 1, 4-bis (alkylamino) anthraquinones; this direct amination characteristically occurs only at the α- position of anthraquinone.