Iron catalysed direct alkylation of amines with alcohols

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yan, Tao ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a   Barta, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; IRON;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; DYE; IRON; OXYGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; DEHYDROGENATION; HYDROGENATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOPHILICITY;

EID: 84923330616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6602     Document Type: Article

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