Chemoselective carbene insertion into the N−H bonds of NH3·H2O

Converting low-cost inorganic chemicals into value-added organic chemicals is a longstanding goal in chemistry. Here the authors describe a silver-catalysed chemoselective carbene N−H insertion reaction, providing access to primary amines from aqueous ammonia and diazo compounds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhaohong Liu, Yong Yang, Qingmin Song, Linxuan Li, Giuseppe Zanoni, Shaopeng Liu, Meng Xiang, Edward A. Anderson, Xihe Bi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35394-z