Kalicharan Das, Avijit Mondal and Dipankar Srimani
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 10582-10585
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC05877F,
Communication
Herein the first sustainable synthesis of quinoxalines, pyrazines and benzothiazoles catalysed by a phosphine free Mn(I) complex via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling (ADC) is reported. This method is also applied successfully to synthesize quinolines via the dehydrogenation (removal of H2) and condensation (removal of H2O) reaction between 2-aminobenzyl alcohols and secondary alcohols.