Synfacts 2009(3): 0309-0309  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087704
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds Promoted by InCl3/Et3SiH/MeOH

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andrei Gavryushin
O.-Y. Lee, K.-L. Law, C.-Y. Ho, D. Yang*
The University of Hong Kong, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Publication Date:
19 February 2009 (online)

Significance

The reductive amination reaction is a widely used synthetic transformation. Herein, a new methodology for this reaction is described, using a highly chemoselective, nontoxic InCl3/Et3SiH/MeOH system. This method can be successfully applied to a variety of aliphatic and aromatic amines (or their salts), aldehydes and cyclic ketones, also those bearing important functional groups.