title: Metal-free aromatic hydrogenation: aniline to cyclohexyl-amine derivatives.
abstract: Hydrogenation of the N-bound phenyl rings of amines, imines, and aziridine is achieved in the presence of H(2) and B(C(6)F(5))(3), affording the corresponding N-cyclohexylammonium hydridoborate salts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Tayseer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: Zachariah M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Heiden
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grimme
authors.forename: Douglas W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003514:Cyclohexylamines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006865:Hydrogenation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D003514:Cyclohexylamines; D006859:Hydrogen; C023650:aniline