Cyclometalated metal-organic frameworks as stable and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for allylic N-alkylation of amines

Phuong V Dau; Seth M Cohen

doi:10.1039/c3cc42119h

Cyclometalated metal-organic frameworks as stable and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for allylic N-alkylation of amines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jul 14;49(55):6128-30. doi: 10.1039/c3cc42119h.

Authors

Phuong V Dau¹, Seth M Cohen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

PMID: 23732325
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42119h

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) functionalized via Ir(I) cyclometalation are shown to be effective as heterogeneous catalysts for the allylic N-alkylation of various amines. The MOF catalysts are one of the first and most effective MOF-based heterogeneous organometallic catalysts for the direct formation of C-N bonds. In addition, these MOFs represent a rare, stable and reusable, class of reactive Ir catalysts.