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Synfacts 2011(2): 0232-0232  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259366
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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N-Formylation of Amines with Methanol or Formalin Using Gold Nanoclusters

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada, Maki Minakawa
P. Preedasuriyachai, H. Kitahara, W. Chavasiri, H. Sakurai*
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki and PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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19 January 2011 (online)

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The selective N-formylation of amines with methanol or formalin using gold ­nanoclusters was described. The N-formylation of amines using methanol or formalin as a formyl source in the presence of the gold nanoclusters stabilized by poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (Au:PVP: 1-10 atom%) under aerobic conditions led to the corresponding N-formylated amine products.