Base-Free Synthesis of Furfurylamines from Biomass Furans Using Ru Pincer Complexes
We report the first example of employing homogeneous organometal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation for the selective reductive amination of furfurals to furfurylamines. An efficient, chemoselective, and base-free method is described using Ru-MACHO-BH as catalyst and iPrOH as H donor. The method tolerates a range of substituents affording moderate to excellent yields.
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2012 ◽
Vol 53
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pp. 4409-4412
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2009 ◽
Vol 50
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pp. 7014-7017
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