179117-56-7Relevant articles and documents
Ammonia-borane as a Catalyst for the Direct Amidation of Carboxylic Acids
Ramachandran, P. Veeraraghavan,Hamann, Henry J.
supporting information, p. 2938 - 2942 (2021/05/04)
Ammonia-borane serves as an efficient substoichiometric (10%) precatalyst for the direct amidation of both aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acids. In situ generation of amine-boranes precedes the amidation and, unlike the amidation with stoichiometric amine-boranes, this process is facile with 1 equiv of the acid. This methodology has high functional group tolerance and chromatography-free purification but is not amenable for esterification. The latter feature has been exploited to prepare hydroxyl- and thiol-containing amides.
A practical catalytic reductive amination of carboxylic acids
Andrews, Keith G.,Denton, Ross M.,Hirst, David J.,Stoll, Emma L.,Tongue, Thomas,Valette, Damien
, p. 9494 - 9500 (2020/10/02)
We report reductive alkylation reactions of amines using carboxylic acids as nominal electrophiles. The two-step reaction exploits the dual reactivity of phenylsilane and involves a silane-mediated amidation followed by a Zn(OAc)2-catalyzed amide reduction. The reaction is applicable to a wide range of amines and carboxylic acids and has been demonstrated on a large scale (305 mmol of amine). The rate differential between the reduction of tertiary and secondary amide intermediates is exemplified in a convergent synthesis of the antiretroviral medicine maraviroc. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that a residual 0.5 equivalents of carboxylic acid from the amidation step is responsible for the generation of silane reductants with augmented reactivity, which allow secondary amides, previously unreactive in zinc/phenylsilane systems, to be reduced.
Homoleptic Bis(trimethylsilyl)amides of Yttrium Complexes Catalyzed Hydroboration Reduction of Amides to Amines
Ye, Pengqing,Shao, Yinlin,Ye, Xuanzeng,Zhang, Fangjun,Li, Renhao,Sun, Jiani,Xu, Beihang,Chen, Jiuxi
supporting information, p. 1306 - 1310 (2020/02/22)
Homoleptic lanthanide complex Y[N(TMS)2]3 is an efficient homogeneous catalyst for the hydroboration reduction of secondary amides and tertiary amides to corresponding amines. A series of amides containing different functional groups such as cyano, nitro, and vinyl groups were found to be well-tolerated. This transformation has also been nicely applied to the synthesis of indoles and piribedil. Detailed isotopic labeling experiments, control experiments, and kinetic studies provided cumulative evidence to elucidate the reaction mechanism.
