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Cobalt mediated <i>N</i>-alkylation of amines by alcohols: role of hydrogen bonding pocket

D. Prabha, Sanya Pachisia, Rajeev Gupta

2021Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers32 citationsDOI

Abstract

Cobalt complexes of amide-based pincers provide a H-bonding pocket that binds a reagent in the vicinity of the metal center. These complexes function as catalysts for the <italic>N</italic>-alkylation of amines using alcohols <italic>via</italic> a borrowing hydrogen strategy.

Topics & Concepts

AlkylationCobaltAmideCatalysisChemistryHydrogen bondReagentMetalHydrogenMedicinal chemistryPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistry