Imine Arylations-Synthesis of Arylamines

If Ifind 10,000 ways something won t work, I haven t failed. 1 am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. 

Arylatlon of C=N Bonds Simple Access to Chiral Amine Units 

In this chapter that highlights the synthesis of arylamines, we will discuss the most recent and relevant developments in the catalytic arylations of imine substrates, which incidentally are mostly enantioselective. The application of organomet2Jlic cat2dysts bearing Pd, Rh, Ru, and other metal catalysts will be considered, as well as the recent multicomponent Petasis reaction. 

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The Zr-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation shown in Eq. (2) [8] illustrates two important principles (1) The catalytic asymmetric protocol can be readily applied to the synthesis of non-aryl imines to generate homochiral amines that cannot be prepared by any of the alternative imine or enamine hydrogenation protocols. (2) The catalytic amine synthesis involves a three-component process that includes the in situ formation of the imine substrate, followed by its asymmetric alkylation. This strategy can also be readily applied to the preparation of arylamines. The three-component enantioselective amine synthesis suggests that such a procedure maybe used to synthesize libraries of homochiral amines in a highly efficient and convenient fashion. 

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