Palladium-catalyzed selective amination of haloaromatics on KF-alumina surface

An efficient palladium-catalyzed amination, including polyaminations of aromatic bromides mediated on a surface of KF-alumina, is reported. The solvent-free one-pot protocol avoids the use of a strong base (sodium tert-butoxide) making it applicable to substrates containing a base-sensitive functional group. It proceeds without concomitant reductive bromination and provides access to selective amination of polyhaloaromatics.