Selective synthesis of secondary amines by Pt nanowire catalyzed reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones with ammonia

Fenqiang Qi; Lei Hu; Shuanglong Lu; Xueqin Cao; Hongwei Gu

doi:10.1039/c2cc34461k

Selective synthesis of secondary amines by Pt nanowire catalyzed reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones with ammonia

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Oct 7;48(77):9631-3. doi: 10.1039/c2cc34461k.

Authors

Fenqiang Qi¹, Lei Hu, Shuanglong Lu, Xueqin Cao, Hongwei Gu

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.

PMID: 22914578
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc34461k

Abstract

The process of the reductive amination of aldehydes or ketones in the presence of ammonia using unsupported ultra-thin Pt nanowires has been developed. This catalytic system shows high activity and selectivity under mild reaction conditions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aldehydes / chemistry*
Amination
Amines / chemical synthesis*
Amines / chemistry
Ammonia / chemistry*
Catalysis
Ketones / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Nanowires / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Platinum / chemistry*

Substances

Aldehydes
Amines
Ketones
Platinum
Ammonia