The First ZnII-Catalyzed Oxidative Amidation of Benzyl Alcohols with Amines under Solvent-Free Conditions

Xiao Feng Wu; Muhammad Sharif; Anahit Pews-Davtyan; Peter Langer; Khurshid Ayub; Matthias Beller

doi:10.1002/ejoc.201300367

The First Zn^II-Catalyzed Oxidative Amidation of Benzyl Alcohols with Amines under Solvent-Free Conditions

Xiao Feng Wu^*
, Muhammad Sharif
, Anahit Pews-Davtyan
, Peter Langer
, Khurshid Ayub
, Matthias Beller

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The first zinc-catalyzed oxidative amidation of benzyl alcohols has been developed. Both aliphatic and aromatic amines can be tolerated and applied in this reaction. Various amides were prepared in good yields under solvent-free and mild conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2783-2787
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201300367
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amidation
Amines
Benzyl alcohols
Oxidation
Zinc

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

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