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SUBMITTER: Zeng H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3033491 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110104 5
We report a direct synthesis of polyamides via catalytic dehydrogenation of diols and diamines. A PNN pincer ruthenium complex, the Milstein catalyst, was used for this reaction and polyamides with number average molecular weight from ∼10 to 30 kDa could be obtained from a wide variety of diols and diamines bearing aliphatic or aromatic, linear or cyclic spacers. Because of the high catalytic selectivity of primary amine over secondary amine, polyamines could be conveniently incorporated into li ...[more]