Selective one-pot synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical di- and triarylamines with a ligandless copper catalytic system

Anis Tlili (1) , Florian Monnier (1) , Marc Taillefer (1)

1 ICGM ICMMM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier

The one-pot synthesis of various symmetrical or unsymmetrical di- or triarylamines using aryl iodides or bromides and LiNH2 as ammonia source is reported. This highly selective method is based, for the first time, on a cheap copper-catalyzed system, which does not require the presence of any additional ligand.

Mots clés: amination; selective; diarylamines; triarylamines; copper; homogeneous catalysis

Domaines: Chimie organique

Anis Tlili, Florian Monnier, Marc Taillefer. Selective one-pot synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical di- and triarylamines with a ligandless copper catalytic system. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, pp.6408-6410. ⟨10.1039/C2CC32252H⟩. ⟨hal-00703304⟩