title: Methylation of secondary amines with dialkyl carbonates and hydrosilanes catalysed by iron complexes.
abstract: Methylation of secondary amines was achieved using dimethyl carbonate or diethyl carbonate as the C1 source under the catalysis of well-defined half-sandwich iron complexes bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions in the presence of hydrosilanes as the reductants, and the amines were obtained with good to excellent isolated yields.
authors.affiliation: UMR 6226 CNRS-Université Rennes 1, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Team Organometallics: Materials and Catalysis, Centre for Catalysis and Green Chemistry Campus de Beaulieu, 263 av. du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France. christophe.darcel@univ-rennes1.fr jean-baptiste.sortais@univ-rennes1.fr.
authors.forename: Jianxia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Darcel
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sortais
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D058085:Iron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008745:Methylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D002254:Carbonates; D058085:Iron Compounds; D012821:Silanes