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Synthesis of Nitrile-Bearing Quaternary Centers by an Equilibrium-Driven Transnitrilation and Anion-Relay Strategy
Alazet, Sébastien,West, Michael S.,Patel, Purvish,Rousseaux, Sophie A. L.
supporting information, p. 10300 - 10304 (2019/07/04)
The efficient preparation of nitrile-containing building blocks is of interest due to their utility as synthetic intermediates and their prevalence in pharmaceuticals. As a result, significant efforts have been made to develop methods to access these motifs which rely on safer and non-toxic sources of CN. Herein, we report that 2-methyl-2-phenylpropanenitrile is an efficient, non-toxic, electrophilic CN source for the synthesis of nitrile-bearing quaternary centers by a thermodynamic transnitrilation and anion-relay strategy. This one-pot process leads to nitrile products resulting from the gem-difunctionalization of alkyl lithium reagents.
Arylthio-metal exchange of α-arylthioalkanenitriles
Nath, Dinesh,Skilbeck, Melanie C.,Coldham, Iain,Fleming, Fraser F.
supporting information, p. 62 - 65 (2014/01/23)
The addition of BuLi, Bu3MgLi, Et2ZnBuLi, or Me 2CuLi to α-arylthioalkanenitriles triggers an arylthio-metal exchange. NMR spectroscopic analyses implicate organometallic attack on sulfur forming a three-coordinate sulfidate as the key intermediate. Electrophilic trapping affords tertiary and quaternary nitriles in high yield. The method addresses the challenge of improving the functional group tolerance and preventing polyalkylations.
Sulfinylnitriles: Sulfinyl-metal exchange-alkylation strategies
Nath, Dinesh,Fleming, Fraser F.
supporting information, p. 2023 - 2029 (2013/03/14)
Adding organolithiums, Grignard reagents, or zincates to sulfinylnitriles triggers a facile sulfinyl-metal exchange to afford N- or C-metalated nitriles. Sulfinyl-magnesium exchange-alkylations efficiently install quaternary and tertiary centers, even in
Nitrile alkylations through sulfinyl-metal exchange
Nath, Dinesh,Fleming, Fraser F.
, p. 11790 - 11793 (2012/01/06)
Triple alkylation: Phenylsulfinyl- and phenylthioacetonitrile can function as trianion equivalents of acetonitrile by sequential alkylation and sulfinyl-metal exchange (see scheme; mCPBA=meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid). The metalated nitriles alkylate a range of electrophiles to obtain nitriles with quaternary centers. The sulfinyl-metal exchange proceeds under very mild conditions and has a high functional-group tolerance. Copyright
