N-Alkylation of amines with alcohols cat
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Ken-ichi Fujita; Zhenzi Li; Naohiro Ozeki; Ryohei Yamaguchi
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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French
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A new effective catalytic system consisting of [Cp\*IrCl 2 ] 2 /K 2 CO 3 (Cp\*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) for the N-alkylation of primary amines with alcohols has been developed. As an example, the reaction of aniline with benzyl alcohol in the presence of [Cp\*IrCl 2 ] 2 (5.0 mol%Ir) and K 2 CO 3