N-Alkenyl ureas and N-alkenyl carbamates, like other N-acyl enamines, are typically nucleophilic at their β-carbon. However, by incorporating an α-aryl substituent, we show that they will also undergo attack at the β-carbon by organolithium nucleophiles, leading to the products of carbolithiation. The carbolithiation of E and Z N-alkenyl ureas is diastereospecific, and N-tert-butoxycarbonyl N-alkenyl carbamates give carbolithiation products that may be deprotected in situ to provide a new connective route to hindered amines.
N-烯基脲和N-烯基氨基甲酸酯,像其他N-酰基烯胺一样,通常在其β-碳上具有亲核性。然而,通过引入α-芳基取代基,我们表明它们也会被有机锂亲核试剂攻击β-碳,从而导致碳锂化产物。N-烯基脲的碳锂化是立体选择性的,N-叔丁氧羰基N-烯基氨基甲酸酯产生的碳锂化产物可以原位去保护,提供一种新的连接通路到阻隔胺。