Efficient iron catalyzed ligand-free access to acridines and acridinium ions
Susanta Mandal, Karan Chhetri, Samuzal Bhuyan, Biswajit Roy
Abstract
A general synthesis of both acridines and acridinium ions is descried from inexpensive and commercially available aliphatic starting materials using iron as catalyst and aerobic oxygen as oxidant in alcoholic solvent to produce water as only by product.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisChemistryLigand (biochemistry)SolventIonCombinatorial chemistryOxygenInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryReceptorBiochemistryCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis