Structure-dependent tautomerization induced catalyst-free autocatalyzed N-alkylation of heteroaryl amines with alcohols

• DOI: 10.1039/c4gc02542c
• Publication Date: 2015-02-13T13:01:01Z
• Authors: Shuangyan Li; Xiaohui Li; Qiang Li; Qiaochao Yuan; Xinkang Shi; Qing Xu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Catalyst-free autocatalyzedN-alkylation of heteroarylamines with alcohols is achieved by tautomerization-induced ready generation of carbonyl intermediates from alcoholsviaTM-free MPV–O reaction.