Synthesis 2017; 49(17): 3957-3961
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589064
special topic
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Simple Cobalt(II) Chloride Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols

Autoren

  • Siba P. Midya

    a   Catalysis Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
    b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110025, India   eMail: eb.raman@ncl.res.in
  • Akash Mondal

    a   Catalysis Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
    b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110025, India   eMail: eb.raman@ncl.res.in
  • Ayesha Begum

    a   Catalysis Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
  • Ekambaram Balaraman  *

    a   Catalysis Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
    b   Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110025, India   eMail: eb.raman@ncl.res.in
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 12. April 2017

Accepted after revision: 30. Mai 2017

Publikationsdatum:
11. Juli 2017 (online)


Graphical Abstract

Dedicated to Professor David Milstein on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Published as part of the Special Topic Cobalt in Organic Synthesis

Abstract

A facile cobalt-catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols using inexpensive, commercially available CoCl2·6H2O is reported. Employing this readily available cobalt catalyst, a variety of amines with wide functional group tolerance were selectively alkylated under benign conditions.

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