The unprecedented transformation of a wide range of synthetically appealing phthalimides into amides in a single-step operation has been achieved in high yields and short reaction times using a ruthenium catalyst. Mechanistic studies revealed a unique, homogeneous pathway involving five-membered ring opening and CO2 release with water being the source of protons.
Cuprous Oxide Catalyzed Oxidative CC Bond Cleavage for CN Bond Formation: Synthesis of Cyclic Imides from Ketones and Amines
作者:Min Wang、Jianmin Lu、Jiping Ma、Zhe Zhang、Feng Wang
DOI:10.1002/anie.201508071
日期:2015.11.16
cleavage of a CCbond offers a straightforward method to functionalize organic skeletons. Reported herein is the oxidative CCbond cleavage of ketone for CN bondformation over a cuprous oxide catalyst with molecular oxygen as the oxidant. A wide range of ketones and amines are converted into cyclic imides with moderate to excellent yields. In‐depth studies show that both α‐CH and β‐CH bonds adjacent
and practical electrochemical method for selective reduction of cyclicimides has been developed using a simple undivided cell with carbon electrodes at room temperature. The reaction provides a useful strategy for the rapid synthesis of hydroxylactams and lactams in a controllable manner, which is tuned by electric current and reaction time, and exhibits broad substrate scope and high functional group
We report on cyclicimides as weak directing groups for selective monohydroxylation reactions using ruthenium catalysis. Whereas acyclic amides are known to promote the hydroxylation of the C(sp2)–H bond enabling five-membered ring ruthenacycle intermediates, the cyclicimides studied herein enabled the hydroxylation of the C(sp2)–H bond via larger six-membered ruthenacycle intermediates. Furthermore
Nitrogen-centered radical-mediated C–H imidation of arenes and heteroarenes <i>via</i> visible light induced photocatalysis
作者:Hyejin Kim、Taehoon Kim、Dong Gil Lee、Sang Weon Roh、Chulbom Lee
DOI:10.1039/c4cc03905j
日期:——
The C-H imidation of arenes and heteroarenes has been achieved via visible light induced photocatalysis. In the presence of an iridium(III) photoredox catalyst, the reaction of aromatic substrates with N-chlorophthalimide furnishes the N-aryl products at room temperature through a nitrogen-centered radical mediated aromatic substitution.