Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Aerobic Cross-dehydrogenative Coupling via C–H Functionalization of Tertiary Amines using A Nanoporous Gold Skeleton Catalyst

Hon Eong Ho, Yoshifumi Ishikawa, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tienan Jin

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Abstract

We report for the first time that zero-valent nanoporous gold (AuNPore) is a robust and green heterogeneous catalyst for α-C–H functionalization of various tertiary amines. AuNPore combines with molecular oxygen at 80 °C or tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide at room temperature and catalyses the heterogeneous cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction efficiently to afford the corresponding C–C and C-heteroatom coupling products in good to excellent yields with excellent reusability.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12764-12767
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2015

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