Fast Palladium-catalyzed aminations of aryl bromides have been
conducted in a non-inert reaction medium with temperature-controlled
microwave heating. With a reaction time of 4 minutes at 130 °C
or 180 °C, both electron-rich and electron-deficient aryl
bromides reacted with various amines to provide fair to good yields
of the corresponding secondary and tertiary anilines. As an example
the amination of 4-bromobenzonitrile with imidazole is presented.
aminations - palladium - synthesis - catalysis - coupling