Abstract
Herein, a novel route to synthesize unsymmetrically N,N-disubstituted formamides is reported, which is achieved via reductive coupling of primary amine and aldehyde with CO 2 /H 2 over a cobalt-based catalytic system composed of CoF 2 , P(CH 2 CH 2 PPh 2 ) 3 and K 2 CO 3 . The mechanism investigation indicates that a secondary amine is formed via hydrogenation of the imine originated from aldehyde and primary amine, which further reacts with HCOOH generated from CO 2 hydrogenation, resulting in the formation of NNFA finally.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6622-6626 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 21 |
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| State | Published - Nov 2 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21533011), and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH013).