A user-friendly, nickel-catalyzed reductive amidation of unactivated primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl bromides with isocyanates is described. This catalytic strategy offers an efficient synthesis of a wide range of aliphatic amides under mild conditions and with an excellent chemoselectivity profile while avoiding the use of stoichiometric and sensitive organometallic reagents.
Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Amidation of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 11207-11211.
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