474623-05-7Relevant articles and documents
N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalysed intramolecular hydroacylation to form basic nitrogen-containing heterocycles
Walker, James A.,Stanley, Levi M.
supporting information, p. 9981 - 9984 (2016/11/06)
We report catalytic, intramolecular hydroacylations of N-allylimidazole-2-carboxaldehydes and N-allylbenzimidazole-2-carboxaldehydes. These exo-selective hydroacylations occur in the presence of a N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst to generate 5,6-dihydro-7H-pyrrolo[1,2-α]imidazol-7-ones and 1,2-dihydro-3H-benzo[d]pyrrolo[1,2-α]imidazol-2-ones in high yields (66-99%). In addition, hydroacylations of N-allylimidazole-2-carboxaldehydes in the presence of a chiral, non-racemic NHC catalyst occur, forming 5,6-dihydro-7H-pyrrolo[1,2-α]imidazol-7-ones in moderate-to-high yields (39-98%) with modest enantioselectivities (56-79% ee).
Synthetic approach to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives by the intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition methodology
Basso, Diego,Broggini, Gianluigi,Passarella, Daniele,Pilati, Tullio,Terraneo, Alberto,Zecchi, Gaetano
, p. 4445 - 4450 (2007/10/03)
N-Benzyl and (R)-N-(α-phenylethyl) nitrones derived from 1-allyl-2-imidazolecarbaldehyde underwent intramolecular cycloaddition to give predominantly bridged-ring products, namely 5,6,8,9-tetrahydro-6,9-methanoimidazo[2,1-d][1,2,5]oxadiazepine derivatives. Catalytic hydrogenation of the latter furnished both racemic and enantiopure 6,8-functionalised 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.