Iron-catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Alkylamines with Arenes, Nitroalkanes, and 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Shirakawa E; Yoneda T; Moriya K; Ota K; Uchiyama N; Nishikawa R; Hayashi T

Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.9, 1041-1043, 2011

DOI10.1246/cl.2011.1041 Export Citation

Iron-catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Alkylamines with Arenes, Nitroalkanes, and 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Shirakawa E, Yoneda T, Moriya K, Ota K, Uchiyama N, Nishikawa R, Hayashi T

FeCl3 in combination with t-BuOOt-Bu as an oxidant was found to catalyze oxidative coupling of alkylamines with arenes, nitroalkanes, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to give arylmethylamines, beta-nitroalkylamines, and 2-(aminomethyl)-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, respectively.