Unprecedented carbon–nitrogen bond formation in aqua(ethylenediaminetripropionato)chromium(III) with hydroxycarboxylic acids
Abstract
Carbon–nitrogen bond formation is found to occur through the dehydration between the secondary amine in the aqua(ethylenediaminetripropionato) type chromium(III) complexes and the hydroxy group of hydroxycarboxylic acids simply by allowing the aqueous mixture to stand for several days at room temperature.