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ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 2890-+Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00021
Keywords
methanol activation; nitrile; N-methyl amine; tandem process; ruthenium
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- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India
- Council of Scientific AMP
- Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- UGC India
- CSIR India
- IITK
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Direct and selective synthesis of N,N-dimethylated amines from nitriles using methanol as Cl building blocks is reported using an air-and moisture-stable ruthenium complex. Following this process, various aromatic as well as aliphatic nitriles were converted to the corresponding N methylated amines. Interestingly, tandem C-methylation as well as N-methylation was achieved by introducing multiple methyl groups. The practical aspect of this process was revealed by preparative-scale reactions with different nitriles and the synthesis of anti-allergic drug avil. Several kinetic experiments and detailed DFT understand the mechanism of this process.
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