- Tetramethylammonium Fluoride Alcohol Adducts for SNAr Fluorination
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Nucleophilic aromatic fluorination (SNAr) is among the most common methods for the formation of C(sp2)-F bonds. Despite many recent advances, a long-standing limitation of these transformations is the requirement for rigorously dry, aprotic conditions to maintain the nucleophilicity of fluoride and suppress the generation of side products. This report addresses this challenge by leveraging tetramethylammonium fluoride alcohol adducts (Me4NF·ROH) as fluoride sources for SNAr fluorination. Through systematic tuning of the alcohol substituent (R), tetramethylammonium fluoride tert-amyl alcohol (Me4NF·t-AmylOH) was identified as an inexpensive, practical, and bench-stable reagent for SNAr fluorination under mild and convenient conditions (80 °C in DMSO, without the requirement for drying of reagents or solvent). A substrate scope of more than 50 (hetero) aryl halides and nitroarene electrophiles is demonstrated.
- Bland, Douglas C.,Lee, So Jeong,Morales-Colón, Mariá T.,Sanford, Melanie S.,Scott, Peter J. H.,See, Yi Yang
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p. 4493 - 4498
(2021/06/28)
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- PROCESS FOR FLUORINATING COMPOUNDS
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Disclosed are mild temperature (e.g., from 0 to 80°C) SNAr fluorinations of a variety of halide and sulfonate substituted aryl and heteroaryl substrates using NMe4F.
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- Acyl azolium fluorides for room temperature nucleophilic aromatic fluorination of chloro- and nitroarenes
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The reaction of acid fluorides with N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) produces anhydrous acyl azolium fluorides. With appropriate selection of acid fluoride and NHC, these salts can be used for the room temperature SNAr fluorination of a variety of aryl chlorides and nitroarenes.
- Ryan, Sarah J.,Schimler, Sydonie D.,Bland, Douglas C.,Sanford, Melanie S.
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p. 1866 - 1869
(2015/04/27)
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- Anhydrous Tetramethylammonium Fluoride for Room-Temperature SNAr Fluorination
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This paper describes the room-temperature SNAr fluorination of aryl halides and nitroarenes using anhydrous tetramethylammonium fluoride (NMe4F). This reagent effectively converts aryl-X (X = Cl, Br, I, NO2, OTf) to aryl-F under mild conditions (often room temperature). Substrates for this reaction include electron-deficient heteroaromatics (22 examples) and arenes (5 examples). The relative rates of the reactions vary with X as well as with the structure of the substrate. However, in general, substrates bearing X = NO2 or Br react fastest. In all cases examined, the yields of these reactions are comparable to or better than those obtained with CsF at elevated temperatures (i.e., more traditional halex fluorination conditions). The reactions also afford comparable yields on scales ranging from 100 mg to 10 g. A cost analysis is presented, which shows that fluorination with NMe4F is generally more cost-effective than fluorination with CsF.
- Schimler, Sydonie D.,Ryan, Sarah J.,Bland, Douglas C.,Anderson, John E.,Sanford, Melanie S.
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p. 12137 - 12145
(2016/01/09)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling between Heteroaryl Iodides and α-Chloronitriles
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A Ni-catalyzed asymmetric reductive cross-coupling of heteroaryl iodides and α-chloronitriles has been developed. This method furnishes enantioenriched α,α-disubstituted nitriles from simple organohalide building blocks. The reaction tolerates a variety of heterocyclic coupling partners, including pyridines, pyrimidines, quinolines, thiophenes, and piperidines. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions at room temperature and precludes the need to pregenerate organometallic nucleophiles.
- Kadunce, Nathaniel T.,Reisman, Sarah E.
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p. 10480 - 10483
(2015/09/28)
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- Synthesis of novel halopyridinylboronic acids and esters. Part 1: 6-Halopyridin-3-yl-boronic acids and esters
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This paper describes a general method for the synthesis and isolation of novel 6-halo-pyridin-3-yl-boronic acids and esters 2-5. These compounds are prepared taking in account a regioselective halogen-metal exchange with a trialkylborate starting from 2,5-dihalopyridines. All substrates studied to date provided a single regioisomeric boronic acid or ester product. Additionally, these compounds have been found to undergo Pd-catalysed coupling with a range of arylhalides and authorise a strategy to produce new pyridines libraries.
- Bouillon, Alexandre,Lancelot, Jean-Charles,Collot, Valérie,Bovy, Philippe R,Rault, Sylvain
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p. 2885 - 2890
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- Synthesis, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binding, and antinociceptive properties of 2-exo-2-(2′-substituted 5′-pyridinyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes. Epibatidine analogues
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A convenient, high-yield synthesis of 7-tert-butoxycarbonyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (5), which involved the addition of tributyltin hydride to 7-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-p-toluenesulfonyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (4) followed by elimination of the tributyltin and p-tolylsulfonyl groups using tetrabutylammonium fluoride was developed. The addition of 2-amino-5-iodopyridine to 5 under reductive Heck conditions provided 7-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-exo-(2′-amino-5′-pyridinyl)-7-azabicyclo [2.2.1]heptane (6). Compound 6 was the key intermediate used to prepare epibatidine analogues where the 2′-chloro group on the pyridine ring was replaced with a fluorine (1b), bromine (1c), iodine (1d), hydroxy (1e), amino (1f), dimethylamino (1g), trifluoromethanesulfonate (1h), and hydrogen (1i) group. (+)- and (-)-Epibatidine and compounds 1b-d and 1i all possess similar binding affinities at the (α4β2 nAChR receptors labeled by [3H]epibatidine. Compound 1f has affinity similar to nicotine, whereas compounds 1e, 1g, and 1h have much lower affinity. The binding affinity appears to be dependent upon the electronic nature of the substituent. However, other factors are also involved. None of the compounds possesses appreciable affinity for the α7 nAChR labeled by [125I] iodo-MLA. With the exception of 1f and 1g, all the epibatidine analogues are full agonists (tail flick test) in producing antinociception after intrathecal injection in mice.
- Carroll,Liang,Navarro,Brieaddy,Abraham,Damaj,Martin
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p. 2229 - 2237
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- Synthesis of a fluorine-18 labeled derivative of epibatidine for in vivo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor PET imaging
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Epibatidine (exo-2-(2'-chloro-5'-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane), a natural compound isolated from the skin of the Ecuadorian poison frog Epipedobates tricolor, is the most potent nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist reported to date. In order to visualize and quantify in vivo these receptors in human brain using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), [18F]norchlorofluoroepibatidine (exo-2-(2'-[18F]fluoro-5'-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane), a fluorine-18 (t(1/2): 110min) radiolabeled derivative of epibatidine has been designed. The corresponding 2'-bromo-, 2'-iodo- and 2'-nitro exo-2-(5'-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane analogues as labeling precursors, as well as norchlorofluoroepibatidine as a reference compound have been synthesized by reductive, stereoselective, palladium-catalyzed Heck-type coupling between an N-Boc protected azanorbornene and the corresponding halopyridine. [18F]Norchlorofluoroepibatidine has been radiolabeled with fluorine-18 by nucleophilic aromatic substitution from the corresponding Boc-protected halo- and nitro precursors using [18F]FK-K222 complex in DMSO by conventional heating (at 150-180°C for 10min) or microwave activations (at 100 Watt, for 1 to 2.5min), followed by TFA-removal of the protective group. Typically, using the microwave activation procedure, 60-80mCi (2.22-2.96 GBq) of pure [18F]norchlorofluoroepibatidine could be obtained in less than 2h (110-115min) from the bromo labeling precursor, with specific radioactivities of 1.5-2.5Ci/μmol (55.5-92.5GBq/μmol) calculated for End of Bombardment. The preliminary PET experiments in baboon (Papio papio) with [18F]norchlorofluoroepibatidine show a high uptake and a rapid accumulation of the radiotracer into the brain within 30min. In the thalamus, a nAChR rich area, uptake of radioactivity reached a maximum at 40min (10% I.D./100mL tissue). The ratio of radioactivity thalamus/cerebellum (the latter being a nAChR poor area) was 2 at 40min and increased with time, up to 4.3 at 160min. Its specific regiodistribution and its high ratio of specific-to-nonspecific binding confirm the ideal profile of [18F]norchlorofluoroepibatidine as a suitable radioligand for PET imaging of nAChRs in the brain. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
- Dolci, Lilian,Dolle, Frederic,Valette, Heric,Vaufrey, Francoise,Fuseau, Chantal,Bottlaender, Michel,Crouzel, Christian
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p. 467 - 479
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