A simple method for preparation of ZnO nanoparticles as a highly efficient nanocatalyst for N-formylation of primary and secondary amines under solvent-free condition

摘要

A convenient reaction between alky, aryl, and heteroalkyl amines and formic acid as a formylating agent in the presence of catalytic amount of mechanochemically synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles under solvent-free condition for the synthesis of corresponding N-formyl derivatives is described.