Issue 35, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds†

Qicai Xue,a   Jin Xie,a   Huamin Li,a   Yixiang Chenga  and  Chengjian Zhu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
E-mail: cjzhu@nju.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China

Abstract

A new synthetic approach toward direct C–N bond formation through sp3 C–H activation has been developed under metal-free conditions. Both primary and secondary benzylic C–H substrates could react smoothly with various amines to give only mono-amination products with good to excellent yields.

Graphical abstract: Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41558A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Mar 2013
Accepted
15 Mar 2013
First published
15 Mar 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3700-3702

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Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds

Q. Xue, J. Xie, H. Li, Y. Cheng and C. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3700 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41558A

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