title: Ligand-Free RuCl3-Catalyzed Alkylation of Methylazaarenes with Alcohols.
abstract: RuCl3efficiently catalyzes the alkylation of methylquinolines, methylpyridines, 2-methyl-benzooxazoles, and 2-methyl-quinoxalines with alkyl- or aryl-alcohols as alkylating agents. This synthetically useful and atom economical transformation does not require additional ligands. The mechanistic study indicated the alkylation reaction underwent a stepwise transfer hydrogenation, aldol condensation, and hydrogenation reaction pathway.
authors.affiliation: State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.|State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tong-Yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong-Xi
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast , Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia.
authors.forename: David James
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.|State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2942-7385
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lang