title: Atom efficient cyclotrimerization of dimethylcyanamide catalyzed by aluminium amide: a combined experimental and theoretical investigation.
abstract: A novel method for the cyclotrimerization of dimethylcyanamide to form hexamethylmelamine has been developed using an aluminium amide catalyst; detailed DFT modelling of the catalytic cycle supports a triple insertion, nucleophilic ring closure, deinsertion mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaK1N 6N5.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dornan
authors.forename: Christopher N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Priem
authors.forename: Seán T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Tara J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Burchell
authors.forename: Tom K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Darrin S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Richeson
mesh_terms: D006585:Altretamine / Q000737:chemistry; D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003484:Cyanamide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: C011787:dimethylcyanamide; D003484:Cyanamide; D000535:Aluminum; D006585:Altretamine