title: Mesoporous carbon derived from vitamin B12: a high-performance bifunctional catalyst for imine formation.
abstract: Mesoporous carbon derived from natural vitamin B12 is applied for the first time in organic synthesis and exhibits exceptionally high dual activity for imine formation via the cross-coupling of alcohols with amines and the self-coupling of primary amines using molecular oxygen or air as the terminal oxidant.
authors.affiliation: Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (DNL), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China. sgao@dicp.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sensen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Lianyue
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D007097:Imines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016062:Porosity; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000588:Amines; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D007097:Imines; D002244:Carbon; D014805:Vitamin B 12