Manganese-catalyzed Efficient Synthesis of N-heterocycles and Aminoketones Using Glycerol as a C3 Synthon
Zeyuan Wei1, Zhuofeng Ke2, Yujie Wang1,3
1Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Ministry of Education), Center of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Abstract:
Glycerol is one of the important biomass-derived feedstocks and the high-value utilizations of glycerol have attracted much attentions in recent years. Herein, we report a manganese catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of glycerol with amines for the synthesis of substituted 2-methylquinoxalines, 2-ethylbenzimidazoles, and α-aminoketones without any external oxidant. In these reactions, NHC-based pincer manganese complex featuring a pyridine backbone displayed high catalytic activity and selectivity, in which hydrogen and water were produced as the only by-products using glycerol as a C3 synthon.
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