Palladium-catalyzed benzylic arylation of N-benzylxanthone imine.
The direct benzylic arylation of N-benzylxanthone imine with aryl chloride proceeds under palladium catalysis, yielding the corresponding coupling product. The product is readily transformed to benzhydrylamine. Taking into consideration that the imine is readily available from benzylic amine, the overall transformation represents a formal cross-coupling reaction of aryl halide with alpha-aminobenzyl metal.
Niwa
Takashi
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Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto-daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Yorimitsu
Hideki
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Oshima
Koichiro
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