Title:Recent Achievements in the Hydrogenation of Nitriles Catalyzed by Transitional Metals
VOLUME: 23 ISSUE: 18
Author(s):Krisztina Lévay and László Hegedűs*
Affiliation:Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest
Keywords:Amines, heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, hydrogenation, nitriles, selective reduction.
Abstract:Amines are important and valuable intermediates in the pharmaceutical, plastic
and agrochemical industry. Hence, there is an increasing interest in developing improved
process for the synthesis of amines. The heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles
is one of the most frequently applied methods for the synthesis of diverse amines, but the
homogeneous catalysis has also received a growing attention from the catalysis
community. This mini-review provides an overview of the recent achievements in the selective
reduction of nitriles using both homogeneous and heterogeneous transition metal
catalysts.