Towards Economic and Sustainable Amination with Green and Renewable Feedstocks

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What is the most favorite and original chemistry developed in your research group?Efficient and economic heterogeneous catalyst for catalytic amination. How do you get into this specific field? Could you please share some experiences with our readers? I got my introduction to fine chemical synthesis with heterogeneous catalyst during the post-graduate and post-doctor periods. Till now, the clean and economic synthesis of some fine chemicals still remains a big problem in China. Therefore, our group has been concentrating on catalyst design and preparation for amination since 11 years ago. Typically, we want to explore some novel catalyst systems to bridge the heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. What is the most important personality for scientific research?I think the originality and creativity are very important for the scientific research. What are your hobbies? What's your favorite book(s)?Reading and walking. I like to read history books. How do you keep balance between research and family?Although it is difficult, I try to keep a balance between research and family. Who influences you mostly in your life?My Ph.D. supervisor, Prof. Youquan Deng, and postdoctoral collaborating advisor, Prof. Matthias Beller.

Selective N‐Methylation of N‐Methylaniline with CO2 and H2 over Cu/In2O3 Catalyst†

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Highly efficient Markovnikov hydroaminocarbonylation of alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by a “soluble” heterogeneous Pd catalyst

“…Hydroaminocarbonylation of alkenes and alkynes represents a most straightforward and atom-economical synthetic approach for accessing amides and α,β-unsaturated amides, which are fundamental structural motifs in natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. 1,2 Over the past decades, significant advances have been achieved on ligand-controlled Pd-catalyzed hydroaminocarbonylation of readily available alkenes and alkynes as starting materials, and a variety of valuable linear or branched amides and α,β-unsaturated amides have been constructed with strong dependence on phosphine ligands in either a Markovnikov or anti-Markovnikov manner (Scheme 1a). 3–13 However, their potential applications, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, have been severely hampered by the difficulty of separation and recycling of expensive Pd complexes accompanied by purification of the target product.…”