General and Efficient Catalytic Amination of Aryl Chlorides Using a Palladium/Bulky Nucleophilic Carbene System

Jinkun Huang, Gabriella Grasa and Steven P. Nolan

*Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, Email: steven.nolanugent.be

J. Huang, G. Grasa, S. P. Nolan, Org. Lett., 1999, 1, 1307-1309.

Abstract

A combination of palladium and the imidazolium salt IPrHCl (IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) has been used as catalyst precursor in the amination of aryl chlorides. This system proves general and efficient for aryl chlorides as well as aryl bromides and iodides.

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Key Words

Buchwald-Hartwig coupling, arylamines

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