Photon-initiated heterogeneous redox couples for methylation of anilines under mild conditions

Abstract

Methylation of anilines has drawn a lot of attention due to their valuable applications and directly using methanol as a methylation reagent is of great advantage. Photon-initiated heterogeneous catalysis of this methylation process meets the requirements of green chemistry. Herein we show that balanced redox zones within carbon nitride supported Pd nanoparticles boost the selectivity of methylation of anilines under mild conditions.