title: Bioinspired organocatalytic aerobic C-H oxidation of amines with an ortho-quinone catalyst.
abstract: A simple bioinspired ortho-quinone catalyst for the aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of amines to imines is reported. Without any metal cocatalysts, the identified optimal ortho-quinone catalyst enables the oxidations of α-branched primary amines and cyclic secondary amines. Mechanistic studies have disclosed the origins of different performances of ortho-quinone vs para-quinone in biomimetic amine oxidations.
authors.affiliation: †Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: †Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.|‡Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: †Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.|‡Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: †Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.|‡Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Sanzhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: †Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.|‡Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Pei
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011809:Quinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D007097:Imines; D011809:Quinones