Nature Communications (May 2022)

Decarboxylative tandem C-N coupling with nitroarenes via SH2 mechanism

  • Shuaishuai Wang,
  • Tingrui Li,
  • Chengyihan Gu,
  • Jie Han,
  • Chuan-Gang Zhao,
  • Chengjian Zhu,
  • Hairen Tan,
  • Jin Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30176-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Aromatic tertiary amines are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. In this article, the authors report on an iron-catalysed reaction for the decarboxylative C-N coupling from carboxylic acids and nitroarenes, leading to non-symmetric tertiary aromatic amines.