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B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Reduction of Amides to Amines with Ammonia Borane
Pan, Yixiao,Luo, Zhenli,Han, Jiahong,Xu, Xin,Chen, Changjun,Zhao, Haoqiang,Xu, Lijin,Fan, Qinghua,Xiao, Jianliang
, p. 2301 - 2308 (2019)
The first B(C6F5)3-catalyzed deoxygenative reduction of amides into the corresponding amines with readily accessible and stable ammonia borane (AB) as a reducing agent under mild reaction conditions is reported. This metal-free protocol provides facile access to a wide range of structurally diverse amine products in good to excellent yields, and various functional groups including those that are reduction-sensitive were well tolerated. This new method is also applicable to chiral amide substrates without erosion of the enantiomeric purity. The role of BF3 ? OEt2 co-catalyst in this reaction is to activate the amide carbonyl group via the in situ formation of an amide-boron adduct. (Figure presented.).