Zhang Q, Zhu W, Yao J, Li X, Zhou H. Electrolysis promoted reductive amination of electron-deficient aldehydes/ketones: a green route to the racemic clopidogrel.
Org Biomol Chem 2018;
16:8462-8466. [PMID:
30362487 DOI:
10.1039/c8ob02500b]
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Abstract
An electrocatalytic reductive amination of electron-deficient aldehydes/ketones was developed, which could be used in the synthesis of functionalized tertiary amines and large scale preparation of racemic clopidogrel. A plausible mechanism involving an iminium cation intermediate was proposed.
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