Issue 3, 2015

Combination of gold and iridium catalysts for the synthesis of N-alkylated amides from nitriles and alcohols

Abstract

An alternative and efficient approach for the synthesis of N-alkylated amides from nitriles and alcohols was proposed and accomplished. By the combination of [(IPr)Au(NTf2)] (IPr = 1,3-bis(diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) and [Cp*IrCl2]2 (Cp* = η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), a series of nitriles were first hydrated to give amides, in which the resulting amides were further N-alkylated with a variety of alcohols as alkylating agents to afford N-alkylated amides with good to excellent yields. Compared with previous methods for the synthesis of N-alkylated amides from nitriles and alcohols as starting materials, this protocol could be accomplished with high atom economy under more environmentally benign conditions.

Graphical abstract: Combination of gold and iridium catalysts for the synthesis of N-alkylated amides from nitriles and alcohols

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Nov 2014
Accepted
29 Dec 2014
First published
05 Jan 2015

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015,5, 1953-1960

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Combination of gold and iridium catalysts for the synthesis of N-alkylated amides from nitriles and alcohols

F. Li, J. Ma, L. Lu, X. Bao and W. Tang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015, 5, 1953 DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01506A

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