Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Aminomethylation and Methylation of Phenol Derivatives Utilizing Methanol as the C1 Source
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- 26 January 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
- Vol. 359 (5) , 798-810
Abstract
A reaction involving ortho‐aminomethylation of phenol was developed via ruthenium‐catalyzed dehydrogenation of methanol, an environmentally benign C1 building block, without the use of reactive reagents. The reaction was successfully applied to a range of substrates. When naphthol was employed instead of phenol, only methylation was observed. On the basis of various mechanistic studies, we propose that formamide barely participates in the reaction, which mainly occurs through an iminium cation intermediate. The difference in the reactivities of phenol and naphthol is attributable to stronger basicity of naphtholate as a conjugate base owing to its lower aromaticity. Plausible reaction pathways were proposed for both reactions. magnified imageKeywords
Funding Information
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2014R1A2A1A11050028, NRF-2014R1A5A1011165)
- Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis (NRF-2015M3D3A1A01065480)
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