A practical nickel-catalyzed reductive alkylation of amidophenyl bromides

A modified Weix's reductive coupling for alkylation of amidoaryl bromides based on Ni(COD)2 precatalyst and 2,2′-dipyridyl ligand was developed. This reaction is reliable for amidophenyl bromides and gives yields up to 87%, and is potentially useful in the synthesis of amidophenyl-containing molecules.