Catalysis of a hydroxyapatite-bound Ru complex: efficient heterogeneous oxidation of primary amines to nitriles in the presence of molecular oxygen

Kohsuke Mori, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Tomoo Mizugaki, Kohki Ebitani, Kiyotomi Kaneda

Chemical Communications · 2001 · 227 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

A hydroxyapatite-bound Ru complex could efficiently catalyze the aerobic oxidation of various primary amines to nitriles which were further hydrated to amides in the presence of water.

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