Hydrogenative coupling of nitriles with diamines to benzimidazoles using lignin-derived Rh2P catalyst

Summary: Nitrile (C≡N bond) activation for direct organic synthesis has been less explored so far due to a high redox potential of nitrile and its low dissociation energy of C−CN bond. Herein, we demonstrate a direct reductive coupling of nitriles and 1,2-phenylenediamines to yield various benzimida...

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Auteurs principaux: Jiarui Zhang, Ruxu Yao, Jinzhu Chen, Tao Li, Yisheng Xu
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Collection:iScience
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Accès en ligne:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221010130