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Radical-Mediated Activation of Esters with a Copper/Selectfluor System: Synthesis of Bulky Amides and Peptides

Herein, we describe a new approach for the activation of esters via a radical-mediated process enabled by a copper/Selectfluor system. A variety of para-methoxybenzyl esters derived from bulky carboxylic acids and amino acids can be easily converted into the corresponding acyl fluorides, directly used in the one-pot synthesis of amides and peptides. As a proof of concept, this method was applied to the iterative formation of sterically hindered amide bonds.

Functionalization of α-C(sp3)?H Bonds in Amides Using Radical Translocating Arylating Groups

α-C?H arylation of N-alkylamides using 2-iodoarylsulfonyl radical translocating arylating (RTA) groups is reported. The method allows the construction of α-quaternary carbon centers in amides. Various mono- and disubstituted RTA-groups are applied to the arylation of primary, secondary, and tertiary α-C(sp3)?H-bonds. These radical transformations proceed in good to excellent yields and the cascades comprise a 1,6-hydrogen atom transfer, followed by a 1,4-aryl migration with subsequent SO2 extrusion.

All Non-Carbon B3NO2 Exotic Heterocycles: Synthesis, Dynamics, and Catalysis

The B3NO2 six-membered heterocycle (1,3-dioxa-5-aza-2,4,6-triborinane=DATB), comprising three different non-carbon period 2 elements, has been recently demonstrated to be a powerful catalyst for dehydrative condensation of carboxylic acids and amines. The tedious synthesis of DATB, however, has significantly diminished its utility as a catalyst, and thus the inherent chemical properties of the ring system have remained virtually unexplored. Here, a general and facile synthetic strategy that harnesses a pyrimidine-containing scaffold for the reliable installation of boron atoms is disclosed, giving rise to a series of Pym-DATBs from inexpensive materials in a modular fashion. The identification of a soluble Pym-DATB derivative allowed for the investigation of the dynamic nature of the B3NO2 ring system, revealing differential ring-closing and -opening behaviors depending on the medium. Readily accessible Pym-DATBs proved their utility as efficient catalysts for dehydrative amidation with broad substrate scope and functional-group tolerance, offering a general and practical catalytic alternative to reagent-driven amidation.

Facile preparation of amides from carboxylic acids and amines with ion-supported Ph3P

Ion-supported Ph3P, 4-(diphenylphosphino)benzyltrimethylammonium bromide (IS-Ph3P), could be used for the facile amidation of a wide range of carboxylic acids with amines in the presence of bromotrichloromethane to provide the corresponding amides in good yields. In the present reaction, the desired amides were obtained in good yields with high purity by simple extraction of the reaction mixture with diethyl ether or chloroform and subsequent removal of the solvent from the extract. Moreover, ion-supported Ph3PO (IS-Ph3PO), which was a co-product derived from IS-Ph3P in the present reductive condensation, was recovered in high yield and could be reduced to IS-Ph3P for reuse in the same amidation of carboxylic acid.