Fig. 7: The results of different types of alkylation reactions over Zn–N4–C.
From: Enable biomass-derived alcohols mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation

Reaction conditions: substrate (0.5 mmol), benzyl alcohol (5 mmol), hexane (10 mL), the Zn–N4–C catalyst (20 mg), NaNH2 (1 equiv.), N2 (10 bar), and 180 °C; Note: Methanol and ethanol are used as the reaction solvent, when they are used as the alkylating reagents; The yields in Fig. 7 are the isolated yields; The “Pro. x” represents “Product x”, and “x” is the number of the compound synthesized in this manuscript. The blue part represents that it derives from alcohol as alkylating reagents.