Shixiong Zhang, Ping Deng, Jing Zhou, Mouxiong Liu, Guojuan Liang, Yan Xiong and Hui Zhou
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12914-12917
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC06468C,
Communication
A novel dinuclear Ni complex has been developed for the direct Mannich reaction of malonates with N-tosyl aryl imines with a low catalyst loading (0.1–0.05 mol%) on a preparative scale (5–50 mmol). The structure of the active species was verified via control experiments, ESI-HRMS, and DFT calculations.
