Organic Communications

Year: 2013  Volume: 6  Issue: 2

 

  ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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CuO-Al2O3 catalyzed oxidation of primary benzylamines and secondary dibenzylamines to N-benzylbenzaldimines

Ye Feng Wang, Jing Hui Zeng and Xiao Rui Cui

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,

School of Materials Science & Engineering and Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, China NanoGEN Co. Ltd., Hefei, 23006 2 , China

Abstract: CuO-Al 2O 3 catalyzed one-pot oxidation with O 2 and self-coupling of benzylamines to give N-benzylbenzaldimines was described in good yields. Similarly, secondary dibenzylamines were oxidized to N-benzylbenzaldimines.

Keywords: CuO; Al2O3; oxidation, coupling; N-benzylbenzaldimines.