Manganese-catalyzed amination reactions: An overview

As the nitrogen-containing compounds have broad scope in biological, pharmaceutical, drug delivery, and material science, the C-N bond formation has vital role in synthetic chemistry. To provide a path for the inclusion of nitrogen in organic molecules, a facile establishment of C-N bonds is crucial. Manganese being inexpensive, nontoxic, and earth abundant is found to be a perfect catalyst to carry out amination, instead of using harsh reaction conditions or toxic metal catalysts. Herein, we discuss the manganese-catalyzed amination reactions focusing on various manganese based catalysts for the C-N bond formation and covers the literature until 2020.