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SUBMITTER: Evans RW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3934301 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20131016 43
The direct α-amination of ketones, esters, and aldehydes has been accomplished via copper catalysis. In the presence of catalytic copper(II) bromide, a diverse range of carbonyl and amine substrates undergo fragment coupling to produce synthetically useful α-amino-substituted motifs. The transformation is proposed to proceed via a catalytically generated α-bromo carbonyl species; nucleophilic displacement of the bromide by the amine then delivers the α-amino carbonyl adduct while the catalyst is ...[more]