Issue 100, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Lewis acid-catalyzed oxidation of benzylamines to benzamides†

Xiao-Feng Wu,*a   Charles Beromeo Bheeter,b   Helfried Neumann,a   Pierre H. Dixneufb  and  Matthias Beller*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
E-mail: xiao-feng.wu@catalysis.de, matthias.beller@catalysis.de

b Catalyse et Organométalliques, Institut Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226-CNRS-Universit de Rennes, Av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France

Abstract

A novel Lewis acid-catalyzed oxidation of benzylamines to the corresponding amides has been developed. Using 10 mol% of ZnBr2 or FeCl3 as the catalyst and TBHP as the oxidant, amides were produced under mild conditions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37149A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2012
Accepted
03 Nov 2012
First published
05 Nov 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 12237-12239

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Lewis acid-catalyzed oxidation of benzylamines to benzamides

X. Wu, C. B. Bheeter, H. Neumann, P. H. Dixneuf and M. Beller, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 12237 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37149A

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