Chemical Properties
white to off-white powder
Uses
2-(Benzylamino)pyridine is used as a reactant in the amination of aryl chlorides, bromides, and triflates catalyzed by palladium complexes.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 4, p. 91, 1963
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67, p. 4965, 2002
DOI: 10.1021/jo020057z
General Description
2-Benzylaminopyridine on reaction with BBr
3 yields the corresponding amino or hydroxy substituted compounds. It forms 5- and 6-coordinated organometallic complexes of gallium(III) and indium(III).
