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Copper(II)-Photocatalyzed N-H Alkylation with Alkanes
Donabauer, Karsten,K?nig, Burkhard,Narobe, Rok,Yakubov, Shahboz,Zheng, Yi-Wen
, p. 8582 - 8589 (2020/09/23)
We report a practical method for the alkylation of N-H bonds with alkanes using a photoinduced copper(II) peroxide catalytic system. Upon light irradiation, the peroxide serves as a hydrogen atom transfer reagent to activate stable C(sp3)-H bonds for the reaction with a broad range of nitrogen nucleophiles. The method enables the chemoselective alkylation of amides and is utilized for the late-stage functionalization of N-H bond containing pharmaceuticals with good to excellent yields. The mechanism of the reaction was preliminarily investigated by radical trapping experiments and spectroscopic methods.
