title: Aerobic C-N bond activation: a simple strategy to construct pyridines and quinolines.
abstract: Inspired by the autoxidation processes, a dioxygen induced C-N bond activation of primary alkyl amines was demonstrated toward the synthesis of pyridines and quinolines. The transition-metal free conditions with O2 as the sole oxidant make this transformation very attractive. Notably, the substrate applicability of different kinds of ketones is greatly broadened for this transformation.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China. aiwenlei@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhiliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Aiwen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lei