Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 457-462.doi: 10.1007/s40242-019-8390-4

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Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds with Ammonia and Hydrogenation of Nitriles to Primary Amines with Heterogeneous Cobalt Catalysts

LIU Junmei, GUO Wanwan, SUN Hao, LI Ruyue, FENG Zhipeng, ZHOU Xuyang, HUANG Jun   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
  • Received:2018-12-14 Revised:2019-03-08 Online:2019-06-01 Published:2019-03-27
  • Contact: HUANG Jun E-mail:junhuang@njtech.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21676140) and the Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, China(No.ZK201711).

Abstract: Reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones with aqueous NH3 and hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines with Co catalysts were reported. Co@NC-700 exhibited remarkable activity and high selectivity for the reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones with aqueous NH3 and the hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines. Several primary amines can be obtained with good to excellent yields via the reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones and the hydrogenation of nitriles. The nitrogen-doped carbon(C)-supported Co@NC-700 metal catalyst was prepared via the pyrolysis of bioMOF Co/adenine in activated C. Co@NC-700 can be reused five times without evident loss of activity.

Key words: Primary amine, Cobalt, Reductive amination, Aldehyde, Hydrogenation, Nitrile