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Bimetallic PdCo catalyst for selective direct formylation of amines by carbon monoxide

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A highly efficient and selective bimetallic Pd0.88Co0.12 nanoparticle catalyst was developed for the direct N-formylation of amines by carbon monoxide. This catalyst is compatible with a wide range of substrates, affording various synthetically useful formamides under practical and mild reaction conditions.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge financial support from the China Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2016YFA0202801), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21371107), Tsinghua-Peking Joint Centers for Life Sciences and CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine (No. 2016-I2M-3-014).

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    Yifeng Chen, Huifang Guo & Wei He

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    Junjie Mao, Rongan Shen, Dingsheng Wang & Qing Peng

  3. Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, 4036, Norway

    Zhixin Yu

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Chen, Y., Mao, J., Shen, R. et al. Bimetallic PdCo catalyst for selective direct formylation of amines by carbon monoxide. Nano Res. 10, 890–896 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1344-y

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