Selective N-alkylation of amines with alcohols by using non-metal-based acid-base cooperative catalysis

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 12262-12267

  Du, Ya ^a,b   Oishi, Shunsuke ^a   Saito, Susumu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohols; alkylation; cooperative catalysis; hydrogen bonds; nucleophilic substitution

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; BENZYLIC; COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS; DIALKYLATION; N-ALKYLATION; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD;

ALKYLATION; AMINES; HYDROGEN BONDS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 80054745695     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102446     Document Type: Article

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