Cobalt mediated <i>N</i>-alkylation of amines by alcohols: role of hydrogen bonding pocket
D. Prabha, Sanya Pachisia, Rajeev Gupta
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