Affiliation:
1. College of Chemical Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310032 People's Republic of China
2. State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics The Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou 730000 People's Republic of China
Abstract
AbstractMn(II)‐catalyzed alkylations of methyl N‐heteroarenes was reported via borrowing hydrogen strategy with alcohols as the alkylating reagent. The developed geometry‐constrained benzimidazole‐iminopyridyl ligand played a key role in promoting the transformation and stablizing the metal center. A wide range of alcohols (aromatic, heteroaromatic and aliphatic) and methyl N‐Heteroarenes could be able to apply in the current catalytic system, with TON up to 7400.