Amination of electron deficient aryl chlorides promoted by nano sized Mg(OH)2 under transition metals free condition

This paper presents the amination reactions of electron deficient aryl chlorides promoted by Mg(OH)(2) without transition metals. Only using stoichiometric amount of nano sized Mg(OH)(2), good to moderate isolated yields could be achieved in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) after 24 h at 150 degrees C. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society.