Ruthenium-catalyzed one-pot aromatic secondary amine formation from nitroarenes and alcohols

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1142-1146

  Liu, Yong ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Feng, Chao ^a   Deng, Guojun ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alcohols; alkylation; nitroarenes; ruthenium; secondary amines

Indexed keywords

HIGH SELECTIVITY; NITROARENES; ONE POT; RU(ACAC); SECONDARY AMINES; TERTIARY AMINE; TRACE AMOUNTS;

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM;

AMINES;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; COORDINATION COMPOUND; NITROBENZENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; AMINES; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; NITROBENZENES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 79955608915     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000945     Document Type: Article

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