Direct N-formylation of nitroarenes with CO2

Ni Shen; Shi-Jing Zhai; Chi Wai Cheung; Jun-An Ma

doi:10.1039/D0CC03098H

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Direct N-formylation of nitroarenes with CO₂†

Ni Shen,

^a Shi-Jing Zhai,^a Chi Wai Cheung

*^ab and Jun-An Ma

*^ab

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^a Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), and Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemical Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
E-mail: zhiwei.zhang@tju.edu.cn, majun_an68@tju.edu.cn

^b Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, P. R. China

Abstract

Herein we describe a straightforward N-formylation of nitroarenes with CO₂ to access N-aryl formamides exclusively in the presence of iron and hydrosilane as additives. This protocol showcases a good tolerance of a wide range of nitroarenes and nitroheteroarenes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03098H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 29 Apr 2020
Accepted: 14 Jul 2020
First published: 14 Jul 2020

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Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 9620-9623

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Direct N-formylation of nitroarenes with CO₂

N. Shen, S. Zhai, C. W. Cheung and J. Ma, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 9620 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC03098H

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