Challenging functionalization of C(sp³)-H has recently attracted much attention of organic chemists. In this paper, we developed a Ni(acac)₂-catalyzed activation of unreactive alkanes with formanilides in the presence of carbon monoxide to furnish moderate to excellent yields of amides. This is the first example of aminocarbonylation of inert alkanes using nickel-based catalyst, and formanilides is disclosed to be an interesting amine source owing to the peculiar deformylation nature of imide intermediates.

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镍（II）催化未反应烷烃与甲虫胺的有效氨基羰基化-利用酰亚胺的甲酰基化行为

具有挑战性的C（sp ³）-H的功能化最近引起了有机化学家的广泛关注。在本文中，我们开发了Ni（acac）₂催化一氧化碳存在下的无甲烷与甲腈的活化，以提供中等至优异的酰胺收率。这是使用镍基催化剂对惰性烷烃进行氨基羰基化的第一个例子，由于酰亚胺中间体具有独特的甲酰基化性质，因此甲酰苯胺被认为是令人关注的胺源。