Advances in amination

With special regard to CO-bond formation including intra-molecular examples two papers by Buchwald [27] have been published. Recent advances in amination chemistry was highlighted by Buchwald [28] and Hartwig [29]. 

Crozet D, Urrutigoity M, Kalck P (2011) Recent advances in amine synthesis by catalytic hydroaminomethylation of alkenes. ChemCatChem 3(7) 1102-1118. doi 10.1002/ cctc.201000411... 

Nitrogen heterocycles see also N-Heterocyclic compounds) advances in amination of, 49, 117 aromatic six-membered. regioselective substitution in, 44, 199 conformational equilibria in saturated six-membered rings, 36, I covalent hydration in, 20, 117 photochemistry of, 30, 239 reactions of acetylenecarboxylic esters with, 23, 263... 

This really crazy looking method is one of them. There are a lot of things about it that make it very attractive. The first is the author of the article Rajender S. Varma. You will see in the Nitropropene section of this book (and in references from many other parts of the book) that this guy has been making a lot of strangely applicable advances in catalysis, amination, and reduction of amphetamines and related compounds. It is uncanny how often Strike has come across this person s work. It is like he is the Shulgin of basic precursor and amphetamine progress. Go figure ... 

The purpose of this book is to emphasize recent important advances in organic synthesis using nitro compounds. Historically, it was aromatic nitro compounds that were prominent in organic synthesis. In fact they have been extensively used as precursors of aromatic amines and their derivatives, and their great importance in industrial and laboratory applications has remained. 

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