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Copper-Catalyzed Radical N-Demethylation of Amides Using N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide as an Oxidant
Yi, Xuewen,Yi, Xuewen,Lei, Siyu,Liu, Wangsheng,Che, Fengrui,Yu, Chunzheng,Liu, Xuesong,Wang, Zonghua,Zhou, Xin,Zhang, Yuexia
supporting information, p. 4583 - 4587 (2020/05/05)
An unprecedented N-demethylation of N-methyl amides has been developed by use of N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide as an oxidant with the aid of a copper catalyst. The conversion of amides to carbinolamines involves successive single-electron transfer, hydrogen-atom transfer, and hydrolysis, and is accompanied by formation of N-(phenylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonamide. Carbinolamines spontaneously decompose to N-demethylated amides and formaldehyde, because of their inherent instability.
