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One-Pot Substitution of Aliphatic Alcohols Mediated by Sulfuryl Fluoride
Dubois, Rudy,Epifanov, Maxim,Hodgson, Jack W.,Mo, Jia Yi,Sammis, Glenn M.
supporting information, p. 4958 - 4962 (2020/04/22)
The Mitsunobu reaction is a powerful transformation for the one-pot activation and substitution of aliphatic alcohols. Significant efforts have focused on modifying the classic conditions to overcome problems associated with purification from phosphine-based byproducts. Herein, we report a phosphine free method for alcohol activation and substitution that is mediated by sulfuryl fluoride. This new method is effective for a wide range of primary alcohols using phthalimide, di-tert-butyl-iminodicarboxylate, and aromatic thiol nucleophiles in 74 % average yield. Activated carbon nucleophiles and a deactivated phenol were also effective for this reaction in good yields. Secondary alcohols were also successful substrates using aryl thiols, affording the corresponding sulfides in 56 % average yield with enantiomeric ratios up to 99:1. This new protocol has a distinct synthetic advantage over many existing phosphine-based methods as the byproducts are readily separable. This feature was exploited in several examples that did not require chromatography for purification. Furthermore, the mild reaction conditions enabled further in situ derivatization for the one-pot conversion of alcohols to amines or sulfones. This method also provides a boarder nucleophile scope compared to existing phosphine-free methods.
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C-N Coupling to Generate Protected Amines: An Alternative to the Curtius Rearrangement
Zhao, Wei,Wurz, Ryan P.,Peters, Jonas C.,Fu, Gregory C.
supporting information, p. 12153 - 12156 (2017/09/12)
The Curtius rearrangement is a classic, powerful method for converting carboxylic acids into protected amines, but its widespread use is impeded by safety issues (the need to handle azides). We have developed an alternative to the Curtius rearrangement that employs a copper catalyst in combination with blue-LED irradiation to achieve the decarboxylative coupling of aliphatic carboxylic acid derivatives (specifically, readily available N-hydroxyphthalimide esters) to afford protected amines under mild conditions. This C-N bond-forming process is compatible with a wide array of functional groups, including an alcohol, aldehyde, epoxide, indole, nitroalkane, and sulfide. Control reactions and mechanistic studies are consistent with the hypothesis that copper species are engaged in both the photochemistry and the key bond-forming step, which occurs through out-of-cage coupling of an alkyl radical.
Schiff Bases as External and Internal Electrophiles in Reactions of Functionalized Organolithium Reagents. A New Route to Isoindoline Derivatives and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinolines
Bradsher, Charles K.,Hunt, David A.
, p. 327 - 330 (2007/10/02)
Reaction of Schiff bases with certain functionalized organolithium reagents is useful in the synthesis of 1,2-diarylisoindolines and 2,3-diarylphthalimidines.Schiff bases derived from 2-(2-bromophenyl)ethylamines on halogen-metal exchange with butyllithium undergo a Parham-type cyclization to yield 1-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines.
