Transalkylation reaction. Homogeneous catalytic formation of carbon-nitrogen bonds

RB Wilson Jr, RM Laine

Index: Wilson, Robert B.; Laine, Richard M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1985 , vol. 107, # 2 p. 361 - 369

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Abstract

Abstract: We have performed kinetic and mechanistic studies on homogeneous ruthenium- catalyzed transalkylation of tertiary amines. From these studies we have derived a kinetic expression for transalkylation catalysis based on initial reaction rates. We find that transalkylation proceeds most efficiently in alcoholic solvents (eg, MeOH or EtOH), under a slight pressure of CO, with a mixed-metal, iron-ruthenium catalyst. The mechanism ...