THE RUTHENIUM COMPLEX CATALYZED REDUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION OF NITROBENZENE. A NOVEL ROUTE TO 2,3-DIALKYLQUINOLINES AND N-ALKYLANILINES USING SATURATED ALCOHOLS

5 August 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters

Vol. 10 (8) , 1067-1068
https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1981.1067

Abstract

Nitrobenzene reacts with saturated alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of ruthenium complex at 180°C to give 2,3-dialkylquinolines and N-alkylanilines in good yields. The reaction appears to include reduction of nitrobenzene with the alcohols by hydrogen transfer reaction.

Keywords

NITROBENZENE
RUTHENIUM COMPLEX
SATURATED ALCOHOLS
REACTS
GOOD
GIVE
DIALKYLQUINOLINES
ALKYLANILINES

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Dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer from alcohols to saturated and .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated ketones
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1975