The conservation of our element resources is a fundamental challenge of mankind. The
development of alcohol refunctionalization reactions is a possible fossil carbon conservation …

The borrowing hydrogen (BH) principle, also called hydrogen auto-transfer, is a powerful
approach which combines transfer hydrogenation (avoiding the direct use of molecular …

Borrowing hydrogen or the hydrogen autotransfer amination is a powerful approach to
create single C–N bonds, starting from stable and readily available substrates: amines and …

Transition metal-catalyzed substitution of alcohols by N-nucleophiles (or N-alkylation of
amines and related compounds with alcohols) avoids the use of alkylating agents by means …

The production of amines from biomass is a growing field of interest. Particularly the
amination of bio-based alcohols receives a lot of attention. In this review, we discuss recent …

Organonitrogen chemicals, such as amines, nitriles, amides, amino acids, and N-
heterocycles, are ubiquitous building blocks in chemical industry. Conventional …

Lignin chemistry is regarded as one of the core components in the field of biomass catalytic
conversion. Over the past decade, the catalytic synthesis of value-added chemicals or …

A general cobalt-catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols by borrowing hydrogen
methodology to prepare different kinds of amines is reported. The optimal catalyst for this …

Development of heterogeneous catalysts for alcohol transformation into nitriles under
oxidant-free conditions is a challenge. Considering the C–H activation on α-carbon of …

Owing to the importance of amine/amide derivatives in all fields of chemistry, and also the
green and environmentally benign features of using alcohols as alkylating reagents, the …