Cheung, Chi WaiPloeger, Marten LeendertHu, Xile2017-11-082017-11-082017-11-08201710.1021/acscatal.7b02859https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/142020WOS:000412795700078Transmidation is an attractive method for amide synthesis. However, transamidation of secondary amides is challenging. Here, we describe a reductive transamidation method that employs readily available nitro(hetero)arenes as the nitrogen sources, zinc or manganese as reductant, and simple nickel salt and ligand as a catalyst system. The scope of amides includes both alkyl and aryl secondary amides, with high functional group compatibility.transamidationnickel catalysisreductive couplingamide synthesisnitroarenestext::journal::journal article::research article