14429-02-8Relevant articles and documents
Application of odorless thiols for the cleavage of 2- and 4-nitrobenzenesulfonamides
Matoba, Manabu,Kajimoto, Tetsuya,Node, Manabu
, p. 1194 - 1200 (2008)
Several odorless or faint-smelling thiols were tested to cleave 2- and 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl groups, which are widely utilized for selective protection and activation of amines. p-Mercaptobenzoic acid (7) was found to be the most useful thiol for cleavin
Reductive Alkylation of Azides and Nitroarenes with Alcohols: A Selective Route to Mono- And Dialkylated Amines
Borthakur, Ishani,Maji, Milan,Joshi, Abhisek,Kundu, Sabuj
supporting information, p. 628 - 643 (2021/12/27)
Herein, we demonstrated an efficient protocol for reductive alkylation of azides/nitro compounds via a borrowing hydrogen (BH) method. By following this protocol, selective mono- and dialkylated amines were obtained under mild and solvent-free conditions. A series of control experiments and deuterium-labeling experiments were performed to understand this catalytic process. Mechanistic studies suggested that the Ir(III)-H was the active intermediate in this reaction. KIE study revealed that the breaking of the C-H bond of alcohol might be the rate-limiting step. Notably, this solvent-free strategy disclosed a high TON of around 5600. Based on kinetic studies and control experiments, a metal-ligand cooperative mechanism was proposed.
Phosphine-Free Manganese Catalyst Enables Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Primary and Secondary Amines Using Ammonia-Borane
Sarkar, Koushik,Das, Kuhali,Kundu, Abhishek,Adhikari, Debashis,Maji, Biplab
, p. 2786 - 2794 (2021/03/03)
Herein we report the synthesis of primary and secondary amines by nitrile hydrogenation, employing a borrowing hydrogenation strategy. A class of phosphine-free manganese(I) complexes bearing sulfur side arms catalyzed the reaction under mild reaction conditions, where ammonia-borane is used as the source of hydrogen. The synthetic protocol is chemodivergent, as the final product is either primary or secondary amine, which can be controlled by changing the catalyst structure and the polarity of the reaction medium. The significant advantage of this method is that the protocol operates without externally added base or other additives as well as obviates the use of high-pressure dihydrogen gas required for other nitrile hydrogenation reactions. Utilizing this method, a wide variety of primary and symmetric and asymmetric secondary amines were synthesized in high yields. A mechanistic study involving kinetic experiments and high-level DFT computations revealed that both outer-sphere dehydrogenation and inner-sphere hydrogenation were predominantly operative in the catalytic cycle.
